Improve the Rankings of Vietnamese Universities in the Regional and the World University Rankings

Annually, a number of educational and media organizations around the world issue a ranking of world& #039, s leading universities to assess the educational capability of universities as well as the education of a country. Ranking universities took place more than 30 years ago but it has become an influential factor on the academic performance of universities as it is a quick and easy access criterion for students to select a university to study. Therefore, the position on the ranking is the concern of most of the universities in the world including universities in Vietnam. However, at present, Vietnamese universities are not listed on the world university rankings and in the QS Asia University Rankings 2018, Vietnam has only five universities ranked. The paper discusses the importance of university ranking, the current ranking of Vietnamese universities, and suggests ways to improve the ranking of Vietnamese universities on the regional and world university rankings.