Top 25 universities in Vietnam
The 25 leading universities and higher education institutions in Vietnam, ordered by the citations their research has received. Part of the WAC University Directory.
25 institutions listed · data October 2026
- 1
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM)
- 25,530 research works
- 617 thousand citations
- h-index 190
- 2
Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU)
- 15,881 research works
- 616 thousand citations
- h-index 240
- 3
Duy Tan University (DTU)
- 14,929 research works
- 575 thousand citations
- h-index 243
- 4
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
- 17,894 research works
- 386 thousand citations
- h-index 152
- 5
Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU)
- 16,484 research works
- 383 thousand citations
- h-index 164
- 6
Trường Đại học Khoa học và Công nghệ Hà Nội (USTH)
- 15,864 research works
- 305 thousand citations
- h-index 140
- 7
Trường ĐH Nguyễn Tất Thành
- 6,987 research works
- 221 thousand citations
- h-index 170
- 8
Hanoi Medical University (HMU)
- 12,959 research works
- 194 thousand citations
- h-index 151
- 9
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
- 9,229 research works
- 180 thousand citations
- h-index 152
- 10
Can Tho University (CTU)
- 11,381 research works
- 177 thousand citations
- h-index 128
- 11
University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH)
- 5,512 research works
- 164 thousand citations
- h-index 164
- 12
Graduate University of Science and Technology (GUST)
- 8,915 research works
- 124 thousand citations
- h-index 91
- 13
Phenikaa University
- 5,540 research works
- 115 thousand citations
- h-index 119
- 14
Hue University
- 7,539 research works
- 109 thousand citations
- h-index 109
- 15
University of Da Nang
- 6,398 research works
- 107 thousand citations
- h-index 112
- 16
Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City (HUI)
- 6,745 research works
- 91 thousand citations
- h-index 95
- 17
Le Quy Don Technical University
- 4,983 research works
- 85 thousand citations
- h-index 96
- 18
National Economics University (NEU)
- 4,162 research works
- 78 thousand citations
- h-index 101
- 19
Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA)
- 3,668 research works
- 76 thousand citations
- h-index 103
- 20
Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE)
- 5,389 research works
- 75 thousand citations
- h-index 88
- 21
Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG)
- 2,979 research works
- 65 thousand citations
- h-index 105
- 22
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Engineering (HCMUTE)
- 5,685 research works
- 63 thousand citations
- h-index 81
- 23
Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh City (NLU)
- 2,873 research works
- 62 thousand citations
- h-index 104
- 24
Ho Chi Minh City Open University (HCMCOU)
- 3,812 research works
- 61 thousand citations
- h-index 98
- 25
Van Lang University
- 4,562 research works
- 60 thousand citations
- h-index 89
Ordered by total research citations recorded in OpenAlex (October 2026). Works, citations and h-index are OpenAlex figures for the institution. How the list is made.
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How institutions are chosen and ordered
The directory lists 1436 universities, colleges and higher education institutions in 199 countries and territories. In countries with 200 or more higher education institutions recorded in OpenAlex it lists the top 25; everywhere else, the top 5.
Institutions are ordered by the total number of citations their research has received, as recorded in OpenAlex, the open catalogue of the world’s research, with data taken in October 2026. This is a transparent, research-based order: it favours large research institutions and does not measure teaching quality, student experience or graduate outcomes. University systems are left out in favour of their campuses, and faculties or institutes are left out when their parent university is already listed. Names, cities and websites come from OpenAlex and the Research Organization Registry (ROR).
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