The VNU Department of Linguistics and Vietnamese Studies is proud to be one of the leading social science and humanity departments of VNU.  Until 2006, more than one thousand students have graduated from the Department of Linguistics and Vietnamese Studies with BA  (about 1000), MA (150) and PhD (110) in Linguistics, Vietnamese language and culture, ethnic minority languages and cultures in Vietnam. The Department’s former students are now working in different universities, research centers, cultural and educational institutions, etc. in Vietnam and abroad  

   Enrolments in the academic year 2006– 2007:
              400 undergraduate students (including 70 students in Honors Program)
                200 foreign students on 1 year exchange programs.
                163 MA students (including 17 foreign MA students).
              42 PhD students (including 12 foreign PhD students).

   Along with the training activities, the VNU Department of Linguistics and Vietnamese Studies also puts a strong emphasis on scientific research. The Department's members (with 5 Professors, 6 Assoc. Professors, 5 Doctors, 8 Masters) have carried out numerous important research projects and published a number of valuable scientific works and textbooks which are highly appreciated by their Vietnamese and foreign colleagues:
              Vietnamese Grammar, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tai Can (1975)
          The origin and formation of Sino - Vietnamese Pronunciation,  Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tai Can (1979)
              Vietnamese Phonetics, Prof. Dr. Doan Thien Thuat,  (1977)
               Vietnamese Grammar: Sentence, Prof. Dr. Hoang Trong Phien, (1980)
               Vietnamese Lexicology, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thien Giap (1983)
               Vietnamese Grammar: Word Classes, Prof. Dr. Dinh Van Duc (1986)
               A Contrastive Analysis of Languages,  Prof. Dr. Le Quang Thiem (1989 )
               Vietnamese Dialectology, Prof. Dr. Hoang Thi Chau (2005) 
               History of Vietnamese Language, Prof. Dr. Tran Tri Doi (2005)
               Studying Ethnic Minority Languages in Vietnam, Prof. Dr. Tran Tri Doi (1999), etc. 

   The VNU Department of Linguistics and Vietnamese Studies has maintained collaboration with several universities in the world.  The Department ‘s professors have worked as visiting professors or researchers at University Paris VII (France), University of Wisconsin – Madison, University of  Oregon (USA),  University of Toronto, University of Laval (Canada), Seoul National University, Hankuk University for Foreign Studies (South Korea),  Guangxi Nationality University,  Yunan Nationality University, Guangdong University of  Foreign  Languages and Foreign Trade (China).  And in the academic year 2006-2007, there are more than 200 students around the world (including 27 graduate students) are studying in the VNU Department of Linguistics and Vietnamese Studies.