The Academy of Policy and Development(APD)is a public university founded in accordance with the Prime Minister's decision No. 10/QD-TTg dated January 4th,2008.

APD is administratively under the supervision of the Ministry of Planning and Investment(MPI),a governmental agency performing state management functions in terms of planning,development investment and statistics,including:general consultation about national socio-economic development strategy;development planning,general economic management policy and some speciﬁc areas,domestic investment and foreign investment into Vietnam and overseas investment from Vietnam;economic zones(including industrial parks,customs economic zones,high-tech zones and other types of economic zones),management of ODA and foreign non-government aids;bidding;establishment and development of enterprises and collective economic sector;cooperative society;statistics;state management of public services in sectors,areas under the management scope of the Ministry in accordance with the Law.

At the end of 2015,the Academy has over 2,000 undergraduate students of 7 different majors:Development Planning,Investment,International Economics,Public Policy,Finance,Banking Administration,Business Administration,Procurement Management. These majors are developed based on our commitment to meet social demands in the ﬁelds of planning and investment sector.

As a multi-disciplinary training institution providing undergraduate and graduate programs in development policy,economics and management,the Academy orients itself to become a reputable university in the national educational and training system in terms of training,scientiﬁc research and macroeconomics policy consultancy and deliberation.

In the years of 2014-201 5,The Academy has started to conduct the graduate program on Public Policy and Finance and Banking in the school year of 2014-2015 with about 80 students for one intake. In addition,the Academy intends to enroll graduate programs in 2016-2017 on International Economics and Procurement Management;as well as Doctorate Program in 2017.

The Academy has been joining many important projects of the Ministry of Planning and Investment,organizing quite a few conferences at which many opinions and suggestions raised by experts contribute positively to the development of policies issued by the Government. The ofﬁcial faculty and staff of the APD comprise Associate Professors,Doctors,Masters educated from prestigious local and international universities. In order to enhance the practicing in its training,the Academy has invited experts from state agencies,research institutes,enterprises,and faculty from other well-known local and international universities to involve in its activities. In addition,modern facilities are equipped to facilitate the working environment in the APD.

In the trend of international integration,the Academy has been deploying quite a few cooperative programs with international organizations such as Purdure Uninversity,American University,Portland State University,Georgia State University,California State University(USA),Middlesex University,Loughborough University,Diplomatic Academy of London(UK),International University of Japan — IUJ,National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies GRIPS(Japan),University of Nantes,University of Rennes 1,University of Rouen,University of Paris 1 Pantheon — Sorbonne,National School of Administration(ENA,France),Southern Cross University(Australia),University of Rome 2(Italy),EV English Academy(the Philippines),University of Lausanse(Swiss),Massey University(Moscow),University of Tampere UTA(Finland),Seoul National University(Korea),Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy(Singapore),and international agencies:KOICA,USAID,US Embassy in Vietnam,World Bank in Vietnam,etc.

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