Vietnam Recognizes 670 More Professors, Associate Professors

Vietnam recognized additional 670 professors and associate professors on May 17, raising the country’s total number of people with the titles to over 6,000, said the Vietnam Professors’ Council. Of the figure, 62 are professors and 608 are associate professors, the An Ninh Thu Do newspaper reported, citing the council. Medicine is the field that sees the highest number of the bestowed people with 13. Vo Van Hoang, 45 and Nguyen Quang Kim, 47 are youngest among the new professors and associate professors. Currently, monthly salary of Vietnamese professors is the lowest in the world.