Policies on SARAP 

This is one of the product types transferred from strategic research outputs (in the form of confidential/internal strategy research reports). Research administration policies are a new “soft-technology” product, comprising internal regulations, procedures, and official documents issued/published under SARAP and implemented in research governance practices at higher education institutions.

1. Supplementary list of international journals and publishers not accepted for acceptance by Van Lang University, Decision No. 2509/QĐ-ĐHVL dated November 12, 2025, Van Lang University.

2. Process for conferring Honorary Doctorate and Honorary Professor titles at Van Lang University; Document code QT.HCNS, issued 9 October 2023.

3. Regulations on inviting international lecturers and experts to collaborate with Van Lang University; Rector’s Decision No. 750/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 15 June 2023.

4. Regulations on conferring Honorary Doctorate and Honorary Professor titles at Van Lang University; Rector’s Decision No. 749/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 15 June 2023.

5. Procedure for managing the operations of the Research Ethics Committee at Van Lang University; Document code QT.SARAP.02, issued 3 June 2023.

6. Regulations on research integrity in scientific research at Van Lang University; Rector’s Decision No. 169/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 23 February 2023.

7. List of international journals and publishers not accepted for internal acceptance/finalization at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1734/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 11 November 2022, Van Lang University.

8. Regulations on the organization and operation of the Van Lang University Council for Science and Training; Decision No. 187/QĐ/VL-HĐT, dated 7 November 2022, issued by the Chair of the University Council.

9. Regulations on signing cooperation agreements with external partners at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1553/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 20 October 2022.

10. Regulations on the organization and operation of the Van Lang University Science and Technology Advisory Council; Decision No. 1479/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 5 October 2022.

11. Regulations on scientific research activities of faculty members at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1428/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 23 September 2022.

12. Regulations on income of researchers at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1401/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 16 September 2022.

13. Regulations on scientific publications, books/book chapters, and patents at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1297/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 29 August 2022.

14. Regulations for ranking ISI/Scopus journals, ISI/Scopus books/book chapters, and patents at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1298/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 29 August 2022.

15. Regulations on the organization and operation of the Research Ethics Committee at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1228/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 12 August 2022.

16. Regulations on standards and duties of researchers at Van Lang University; Decision No. 1163/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 2 August 2022.

17. Regulations for ranking experts at Van Lang University; Decision No. 991/QĐ-ĐHVL, dated 4 July 2022.

18. Student scientific research procedure (Version 4); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/13, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 4 May 2022.

19. Decision promulgating the Regulations on student scientific research; Decision No. 613/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 18 March 2022.

20. Decision promulgating the Regulations on implementing institution-level research projects; Decision No. 627/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 18 March 2022.

21. Procedure for conducting science and technology activities with organizations outside the University (Version 3); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/11, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 7 March 2022.

22. Procedure for faculty scientific research implementation (Version 4); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/08, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 28 February 2022.

23. Decision establishing an Expert Council to review cases related to scientific publications; Decision No. 735/2021/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 31 March 2021.

24. Procedure for managing the organization of scientific conferences (Version 7); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/04, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 27 January 2021.

25. Procedure for appointing Adjunct Professors (Version 4); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/05, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 4 January 2021.

26. Procedure for science and technology transfer (Version 2); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/10, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 4 January 2021.

27. Solution for ensuring integrity in scientific publications; Ref. No. 258/2020/DEMASTED-TTr, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 22 December 2020.

28. Procedure for managing research groups (Version 5); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/03, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 23 November 2020.

29. Solution for recruiting/renewing contracts for part-time researchers from the academic year 2020–2021; Ref. No. 183/2020/DEMASTED-TTr, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 25 September 2020.

30. Solution for preventing abnormal surges in international publications; Ref. No. 173/2020/DEMASTED-TTr, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 15 September 2020.

31. Regulations on checking similarity and/or plagiarism in international publications; Decision No. 956/2020/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 10 June 2020.

32. Procedure for developing ISI/Scopus publications among master’s students (Version 12); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/12, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 25 March 2020.

33. Solution for safeguarding academic reputation and research ethics; Ref. No. 56/2020/DEMASTED-TTr, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 4 March 2020.

34. Decision on developing ISI/Scopus publications among master’s students; Decision No. 408/2020/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 3 March 2020.

35. Procedure for organizing academic seminars and Journal Clubs (Version 2); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/02, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 1 November 2019.

36. Regulations on calculating funding for research tasks of full-time faculty members; Decision No. 2886/2019/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 10 October 2019.

37. Regulations on sustainable science and technology development policy; Ref. No. 2581/2019/TDTU-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 9 September 2019.

38. Decision promulgating the regulations on researchers’ income (Version 3); Ref. No. 2099/2019/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 26 July 2019.

39. Decision on prioritizing eligibility for theses/capstone projects and awarding bonus points to students with scientific research achievements; Decision No. 1989/2019/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 15 July 2019.

40. Regulations on the public speakers program (Version 2); Ref. No. 1136/2019/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 12 April 2019.

41. Regulations on conducting science and technology activities with organizations outside the University (Version 2); Decision No. 1486/2019/QĐ-TĐT, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 15 May 2019.

42. Procedure for filing Vietnamese patents (Version 2); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/09, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 22 February 2019.

43. Regulations on developing the quality of science and technology activities; Ref. No. 835/2019/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 19 February 2019.

44. Guidelines for using ResearcherID/ORCID information for faculty members and researchers; Ref. No. 04/2019/DEMASTED-TTr, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 21 January 2019.

45. Regulations on duties and workload of full-time faculty members (Version 3); Ref. No. 1709/2018/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 31 August 2018.

46. Regulations on the Highly Cited Paper Award; Ref. No. 1677/2018/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 30 August 2018.

47. Regulations on scientific publications (Version 2); Ref. No. 2202/2018/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 30 August 2018.

48. Promulgation of the list of publishers and journals not recognized for institutional funding (1,161 publishers and 1,308 journals, including many ISI/Scopus titles), Version 3; Ref. No. 196/2018/DEMASTED-TTr, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 13 July 2018.

49. Regulations on ranking international scientific publications (Version 3); Ref. No. 1099/2018/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 25 June 2018.

50. Decision promulgating the Regulations on standards, processes, and procedures for appointment and dismissal of professional positions (Version 2); Ref. No. 1032/2018/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 14 June 2018.

51. Regulations on the Science Awards (Version 2); Ref. No. 402/2018/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 15 March 2018.

52. Work checklist for implementing institutional evaluation with HCERES; Ref. No. 2286/2017/TĐT-TB, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 7 December 2017.

53. Procedure for recruiting foreign-nationality experts (Version 2); Ref. No. TT/P.QLPTKHCN/07, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 12 October 2017.

54. Regulations on academic integrity; Ref. No. 878/2017/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 30 May 2017.

55. Regulations guiding lump-sum funding mechanisms for science and technology projects sponsored by the Science and Technology Development Fund; Ref. No. 732/2017/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 4 May 2017.

56. Regulations on expenditure of the Science and Technology Development Fund; Ref. No. 731/2017/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 4 May 2017.

57. Guidelines for creating accounts in Google Scholar and ResearchGate; Ref. No. 78/2017/ĐX-DEMASTED, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 10 March 2017.

58. Notice on responsibilities of units in providing data for QS Stars; Ref. No. 2025/2016/TĐT-TB, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 16 December 2016.

59. Guidelines for submitting applications for patent ownership rights; Ref. No. 1900/2016/TĐT-HD, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 22 November 2016.

60. Regulations on intellectual property management (Version 2); Ref. No. 1886/2016/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 18 November 2016.

61. Notice on responsibilities of units in providing data for UI GreenMetric World University Ranking on Sustainability; Ref. No. 1346/2016/TĐT-TB, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 8 September 2016.

62. Plan for preparation for the 2017 Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings; Ref. No. 1055/2016/TĐT-KH, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 28 July 2016.

63. Regulations on increasing citations for the University’s scientific articles; Ref. No. 428/2016/TĐT-HD, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 31 March 2016.

64. Regulations on the organization and operation of the Scientific Ethics Committee; Ref. No. 223/2016/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 22 February 2016.

65. Regulations on ranking experts; Ref. No. 189/2016/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 3 February 2016.

66. Regulations on conditions, duties, and working regime of researchers; Ref. No. 1676/2015/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 16 November 2015.

67. Task list required for achieving Top 60 in Asia and Top 500 worldwide; Ref. No. 695/2015/TĐT-DMCV, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 28 May 2015.

68. Plan for preparations for the Asia university rankings in the 2014–2015 academic year; Ref. No. 1374/2014/TĐT-KH, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 10 October 2014.

69. Regulations on selection criteria and acceptance evaluation for projects funded by the Science and Technology Development Fund; Ref. No. 20/2014/FOSTECT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 14 February 2014.

70. Regulations on appraisal and acceptance evaluation procedures for projects funded by the Science and Technology Development Fund; Ref. No. 21/2014/FOSTECT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 14 February 2014.

71. Regulations on the organization and operation of Journal Clubs; Ref. No. 253/2014/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 7 March 2014.

72. List of data required to be supplemented for QS Stars submission; Ref. No. 74/2014/TĐT-VB, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 13 January 2014.

73. Regulations on the organization and management of scientific research groups and applied technology research groups; Decision No. 1667/2013/TĐT-QĐ, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 18 December 2013.

74. Guidelines on responsibilities of units in providing data for QS Stars; Ref. No. 1492/2013/TĐT-TB, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 18 November 2013.

75. Guidelines for improving the University website for Webometrics ranking; Ref. No. 1464/2013/TĐT-TB, Ton Duc Thang University, dated 13 November 2013.