Ho Chi Minh City University of Law (ULAW, ) is a university in Vietnam that offers undergraduate and postgraduate education in law and politics. The university plays an important role as a legal research and advisory body for the Vietnamese government in legal and public administrative reform.

History

The University was established in 1996, pursuant to Decision N° 1234/GD&ĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training. It was originally merged with the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the Vietnam National University. On October 10, 2000, the Prime Minister issued Decision N° 118/2000/QWĐ-TT, which separated the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law from the Vietnam National University. It became the first Vietnamese legal training school to cooperate in a master's degree program with a foreign university (University of the West of England in Bristol, England). The current rector is Doctor Lê Trường Sơn (2024-N/A). His predecessor was Doctor Mai Hồng Quỳ (2007-2018).

Faculties and Departments

International Programs

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Law has exchange agreements with more than 30 universities around the world and participates in a number of international exchange programs, such as Asia Campus, notably with the National University of Singapore or Nagoya University. The University also offers French, English and Japanese LLB programs. The University offers two international Master of Laws programs :

Campus

The University currently has two campuses:

Library

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Law Library is one of the major law libraries in the South of Vietnam. The library has over 75.000 legal books, 63 newspapers and magazines, and 1.000 PhD, MSc, and BSc thesis. The University has undertaken these past few years to develop its databases and electronic resources and has implemented an e-portal.