With the expansion of cooperative relations with more than 80 universities, institutes, shipping companies, and organizations, the VMU has successfully attracted numerous large-scale investment projects and funding sources from governments and non-governmental organizations, with a total value amounting to tens of millions of USD.
These projects have significantly contributed to upgrading the system of laboratories, simulators and training equipment, as well as enhancing the quality of the faculty members and researchers through technology transfer and training activities, notably:
- Project on the improvement of Higher Maritime Education in Viet Nam, funded by JICA;
- Project on improving Training and Research capacity of the Faculty of Shipbuilding and the Faculty of Hydraulic Engineering, funded by the World Bank (WB);
- Japan’s grant aid for provision of Industrial products, funded by the Government of Japan;
- The Project Establishment of the Japan-Mekong Regional Logistics Training Center in Viet Nam funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF);
- The receiving T/S Hannara (now renamed T/S VMU Viet-Han), granted by the Government of the Republic of Korea to the Government of Viet Nam;
- The Full Mission Engine Room Simulator donated by NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd (NSU) in support of maritime education and the development of highly qualified maritime human resources in Vietnam.
