The School of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology was founded in 2003 and was formerly the Department of Marxism-Leninism.
The School has the following functions:
- To give lectures on Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist political economics, scientific socialism, Vietnam Communist Party history, Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, logic, sociology for students of economics, social sciences and humanities, natural sciences, and technology.
- To train high school teachers to teach citizenship education.
- To teach Marxist-Leninist philosophy to master’s and doctoral students, who do not major in this field.
- To cooperate with the university supporting departments to assist the Rectorate Board in educating staff’s and students in Ho Chi Minh’s ideology.
The School’s total number of teaching and administrative staff is 27, 3 holding Ph.D. degrees, 13 Master’s, 10 undergraduate degrees, and one three–year college degree.
The School consists of one administrative group and four departments:
- Department of Marxism and Leninism
- Department of Political Economics
- Department of Scientific Socialism
- Department of Vietnam Communist Party History and Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology.