Chương trình đào tạo ngành luật (tiếng anh, khoa luật, đại học quốc gia Hà Nội)

VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
SCHOOL OF LAW
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SPECIFICATIONS OF BACHELOR LEVEL PROGRAM
ON LAW (HONORS PROGRAM)

Hanoi, September 2015.

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I. BASIC INFORMATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM
Awarding institution
Teaching institution
Accreditating
institution
Degree title
Major title
Program objectives

Output standards

Vietnam National University, Hanoi
VNU School of Laws
Vietnam National University, Hanoi (The Program was rated at
the program-level for its quality according to the AUN-QA
criteria in December 2015)
The Degree of Bachelor in Law (Honors Program)
Law
Code: 52380101

The graduates from the Bachelor-level Program on Law (Honors
Program) will have appropriate knowledge, skills, and
professional ethics to do research, make and implement law in
state agencies, political, socio-political, and economic
organizations both domestic and international, and pursue
graduate education and higher, accumulated experience to
become legal experts
1. Knowledge and professional competences
The Program’s graduates will be able to:
- Understand and initiative-creativity apply MaxismLeninsim basic principles; Ho Chi Minh’s ideological, moral and
cultural values; and basic contents of the Revolutionary lines of
Vietnamese Communist Party which then help them to formulate
worldviews and methodologies when approaching and reasoning
contemporary issues of state and law;
- Creativity apply the background knowledge of social
and natural sciences in addressing relevant theoretical and
practical issues;
- Creativity apply the knowledge learnt from the basic
courses under the program on theory and history of state and law
as well as some other social-humanitarian sciences in addressing
relevant theoretical and practical problems;
- Creativity apply the background knowledge of legal
science as provided by the general and specialized courses on
constitutional law, administrative law, administrative procedure
law, civil law, civil procedure law, criminal law, criminal
procedure law, trade law, labor law, land-environment law,
finance-banking law, public international law… in understanding
and solving professional problems in practical work;
- Analysis, synthesis, evaluation in-depth knowledge of
law fields in analyzing, synthetizing and solving concrete

problems;
- Use common information processing tools (e.g.:
operating systems, soft wares, Internet…). Understand and apply
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basic knowledge of retional database, retional database
management systems;
- Apply practical knowledge in learning about future jobs,
able to do self-orientation and adaptation in different working
settings.
- Master skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing
a foreign language equivelant to level 3 on the 6 scale foreign
languages framework for Vietnamese.
- Lead in the professional work as being trained; have
initiatives
when
performing
assignments;
self-study,
accommulate knowledge and experience for professional
development; make plans, coordinate and promote collective
intellectuality.
2. Skills
2.1. Hard skills
The graduates from the Program will be able to:
- Fulfill complicated tasks that require theoretical and practical
skills as being trained in varied contexts; have skills to analyze,
synthetize, and assess data, information and collective opinions;
- Capable of scientific research, Search for legal documents,

analyze law, select and apply legislative regulations in solving
practical problems arising in reality;
- Think, perceive, analyze, and assess legal issues in a
systematical manner;
- Approach problems in vastly changing social contexts, develop
skills of critical detection, analysis, assessment, and consultation
on legal issues following the scientific basis of the training
program;
- Self-study, reason and apply knowledge and skills in
understanding and solving legal issues in reality;
- Synthetize lessons learnt for themselves in comparison with the
trained knowledge;
- Develop awareness of justice.
2.2. Soft skills
The graduates from the Program will be able to:
- Work independently, work in team, solve work-related problems
with logical and creative thoughts;
- Have communication and presentation skills;
- Have skills of searching for information, studying documents
and materials; compiling documents and analytical reports;
- Have skills of negociating, consulting and working with clients;
- Have skills of adaption and management over changes in
dramatically changing environments both domestic and
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international;
- Have listening, speaking, reading and writing skills of a foreign
language equivalent to level 3 in 6-scale foreign languages
framework for Vietnamese.

- Use computers and some common software programs fluently
such as: WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT...
3. Ethical qualities
3.1. Personal ethical qualities
The graduates from the Program will:
- Have standard behaviors and speech;
- Be ready to overcome and cope with difficulties, challenges;
- Have desire and passion for studying and working purposes;
- Hold a friendly attitude to friends, colleagues, and partners;
- Be hardworking, enthusiastic, and creative;
- Be proactive and confident at work, be responsible, and
courageous at expressing personal viewpoints and be an active
listener.
3.2. Professional ethical qualities
The graduates from the Program will:
- Master ethical qualities necessary for a lawyer; have a sense of
respecting and implementing law; be competent, honest and
objective;
- Have serious, scientific, and responsible spirit for assigned tasks
and have desire and passion, cooperative, friendly attitudes
towards colleages and other individuals at work.
3.3. Social ethical qualities
The graduates from the Program will:
- Have a sense of patriotism;
- Have a sense of civic responsibility;
- Have conciousness of implementing , respecting and protecting
law;
- Have a sense of building and protecting interests of community
and society to make contributions to building a fair, democratic
and civilized society.

Jobs after graduation The graduates from the Program will be able to:
- Group 1: Work as a teacher and/or a researcher in research
and/or education institutions with regard of law, administration,
politics such as universities, colleges, secondary vocational
training schools, centers, research institutes in relevant fields;
- Group 2: Work for state agencies including law enforcement
organizations such as courts, procuratorates, law enforcement
bodies, police agencies… and other state organizations from
central to local levels; the Party agencies and socio-political
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Standard input
Comparison program

Teaching,
and
strategies

learning
assessing

Instructions
on
implementation
of
the
training
programs

organizaitons;
- Group 3: Work for firms which provide legal services as a
lawyer and/or a counselor like law companies, law offices, notary
offices either domestic or international; function as a legal
specialist and/or a counselor in companies, enterprises that have
demands for employing highly-qualified personnel in law to
facilitate their production, business activities;
- Group 4: Work for non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations and/or international organizations
that implement law-related activities.
Students are selected through the university entrance
examinations and an admission process in accordance with the
regulations of VNU and VNU School of Law.
The training program is built on the basis of being compared with
the training programs of:
- Faculty of Japanese Studies, Osaka National University, Japan
- Cambridge University, England
- Santa Barbara University, United States
- Harvard University, United States
- Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
- Singapore National University
- Taxas University at Austine, United States
- Thamasat University, Thailand
- Sheffield University, England
- The teaching, learning strategies are communicated widely.
- Students are provided with sufficient information of the training
time frames, instructed on how to follow the training program.
- Each syllabus contains the study and exams information
depending on unique characteristics of the course as designed by
the lecturer (s).
The Bechalor-level Training Program on Law is designed

for the candidates who have passed VNU’s annual university
entrance examinations.
After admission, the students will be introduced of the
training curriculum framework on the opening day of the Program
and instructed on how to register for elective courses.
Based on the appoved curricula, the School’s Office of
Academic Affairs will develop a learning plan for the whole
Program included timetables, courses to be provided in the
semester in accord with the training curricula. The yearly learning
plan is communicated to: VNU (for information only); the School
of Law’s Board of Management; the relevant units inside VNU;
the divisions under the School of Law; the academic staff; the
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students of graduate and undergraduate programs; and made
available in the School’s website.
The School’s Subject Sections are responsibile for
assigning lecturers following the yearly learning plan and
proposing assessment modes. Then the School’s Dean decides
which assessment mode will be chosen.
After accomplishing all the courses under the training
program, the students will be awarded with a Degree of Bachelor
in Law by VNU’s President.
160 credits
Full-time
of Vietnamese (English)

Total credit units
Mode of study

Language
(s)
instruction
Training duration
4 years
Date
of 18th September 2015 (final version, current)
issuance/amendement
of
the
training
curriculum
Place of issuance
VNU

II. TRAINING CURRICULUM
II.1. Requirements
Total credit units:
160 credits
General knowledge blocks:
32 credits
(excluded Physical education, National defence education,
Complementary skills)
- General knowledge of the field
6 credits
+ Compulsory:
2 credits
+ Elective:
4/19 credits
- General knowledge of discipline group

27 credits
+ Compulsory:
25 credits
+ Elective:
2/6 credits
- Basic knowledge of discipline subgroup
66 credits
+ Compulsory:
60 credits
+ Elective:
6/12 credits
- Specialized knowledge of discipline
29 credits
+ Compulsory:
12 credits
+ Elective:
6/12 credits
+ Graduate thesis/alternative courses:
11 credits
- Foreign language courses which are of the basic courses are taken into account
of the total credit units of the whole training curriculum, however their scores are not
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included in end-of-semester mean scores, end-of-the-course
mean scores, and
accumulative mean scores.
- The total credit units of the Training Curriculum are 135 excluding the credit
units of Physical Education, National Defence Education, and Soft Skills courses.
II.2. Training curriculum

No.

Codes

Titles

Cre
dits

Credit hours
Theory

Practi
cum

Self
study

2

24

6

3

36

9

PHI1004

2

20

10

PHI1005

3

42

3

POL1001

3

17

28

4

16

40

4

5

20

50

5

General knowledge block
I
1

PHI1004

2

PHI1005

3

POL1001

4

HIS1002

5

INT1004

6

(excluded Physical Education ,
National Defense Education, Soft
Skills)
Fundamental Principles of
Marxism – Leninism 1
Fundamental Principles of
Marxism – Leninism 2
Ho Chi Minh Ideology
The Revolutionary Line of the
Communist Party of Vietnam
Introduction to Informatics 2
Foreign Language 1

FLF2101

General English 1

FLF2201

General Russian 1

FLF2301

General French 1

FLF2401

General Chinese 1

7

Foreign Language 2

32

FLF2102

General English 2

FLF2101

FLF2202

General Russian 2

FLF2201

FLF2302

General French 2

FLF2301

FLF2402

General Chinese 2

FLF2401

8

Foreign Language 3

5

20

50

5

FLF2103

General English 3

FLF2102

FLF2203

General Russian 3

FLF2202

FLF2303

General French 3

FLF2302

FLF2403

General Chinese 3

FLF2402

9

Foreign Language 4

5

10

Physical Education

4

20

50

5

7

No.

Codes

Titles

Cre
dits

11

National Defence Education

8

12

Soft skills

3

Knowledge blocks of the field

6

Compulsory

2

General Logics

2

II
II.1
13

PHI1051

II.2

Elective

Credit hours
Practi
Theory
cum

20

6

Prerequisite

Self
study

4

4/19

14

PSY1050

General Psychology

2

24

6

15

BSA2004

Management Study

3

24

18

3

16

INE1014

General Economics

2

20

8

2

17

S0C1050

2

28

2

3

30

9

6

2

20

8

2

2

18

6

6

18
19
20

General Sociology
Fundamentals of Vietnamese
HIS1056
Culture
Environment and Sustainable
EVS1001
Development
MAT1078 Statistics for Sociology

III
III.1

Knowledge blocks of
discipline group

27

Compulsory

25

21

THL1052

General Theory of State and Law

5

54

12

9

22

THL1058

History of State and Law

5

54

12

9

23

CAL2001

Constitutional Law

5

60

15

24

CAL2002

Administrative Law

5

60

15

25

THL1053

Comparative Law

3

24

26

CIL2001

Roman Law

2

24

6

27

CAL1050

2

24

6

28

CAL2003

Elective
History of Political and Legal
Theories
Legal Documents Making

2

18

6

6

29

THL3006

Legal Sociology

2

14

12

4

30

CAL3008

Political Science

2

24

Knowledge blocks of
dicipline subgroups

66

Compulsory

60

III.2

IV
IV.1

15

CAL2001

6

2/8

CAL2002

6

8


No.

Codes

Titles

Cre
dits

Credit hours
Practi
Theory
cum

Prerequisite

Self
study

31

CIL2002

Civil Law 1

2

26

4

THL1052

32

CIL2009

Civil Law 2

4

52

8

CIL2002

33

CIL2010

Civil Law 3

4

52

8

CIL2009

34

CRL1109

Criminal Law 1

5

50

10

15

THL1052

35

CRL1110

Criminal Law 2

4

36

12

12

CRL1109

36

BSL2052

Commercial Law 1

4

48

12

CIL2012

37

BSL2102

Commercial Law 2

4

48

12

BSL2052

38

BSL1004

Finance Law

2

24

6

BSL2001

39

BSL1105

Banking Law

3

39

6

BSL2052

40

BSL1101

Law on Land and Environment

4

48

12

CAL2102

41

CIL2004

Marriage and Family Law

2

26

4

CIL2009

42

CRL2103

Criminal Procedure Law

4

36

12

CRL1109

43

CIL2105

Civil Procedure Law

4

48

12

CIL2013

44

BSL2103

Labor Law

4

48

12

BSL2052

45

INL2101

Public International Law

5

40

20

15

CAL2101

46

INL2002

Private International Law

4

35

16

9

CIL2010

IV.2
47

CAL3007

48

BSL2008

49

CRL2010

50

CIL3003

51

INL3003

52

THL2002

V
V.1

Elective
Theories and Law on Anticorruption
Competition Law
Law on Enforcement of Criminal
Judgements
Law on Enforcement of Civil
Judgments

International Maritime Law
Introduction to Critical Legal
Thinking

12

6/12
2

24

6

2

24

6

BSL2001

2

18

6

CRL1003

2

26

4

CIL2105

2

16

6

CIL2013

2

24

Specialized knowledge blocks
of discipline

29

Compulsory

12

6

8

6

53

INL2003

International Comercial Law

2

16

8

6

BSL2001

54

CAL3004

Administrative Procedure Law

2

20

4

6

CAL2002

55

CIL3002

Intellectual Property Law

2

26

4

CIL2009
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No.

Codes

56

BSL2010

57

CAL3012

58

CRL3002

V.2

Cre
dits

Titles

Securities Law
Theories and Law on Human
Rights
Criminology

Credit hours
Practi
Theory
cum

Prerequisite

Self
study

2

24

6

BSL2001

2

24

6

THL1052

2

18

6

6

CRL1010

2

14

12

4

THL1052

2

24

6

CAL2001

2

16

6

CRL1010

2

26

4

BSL2002

59

THL2001

60

CAL3006

61

CRL2011

62

BSL2026

Elective
State and Law of ASEAN
Countries
Foreign Constitutional Law
Introduction to Criminal Justice
System
Legal Consultancy Skill

63

CIL2005

Civil dispute resolution skills

2

26

4

CIL2009

64

INL2008

International Judicial Institutions

2

26

4

INL2101

65

THL2004

Sources of Law
Graduation thesis/alternative
courses
Annual Essay - Internship

Thesis/alternative modules for a
thesis (select courses M3; M4;
M5 that the students haven’t
taken yet)
Total

2

24

6

V.3
66

FOL4001

67

FOL4053

6/14

8

11
3
8
160

III. TIME FRAMES
III.1. Training duration: 04 years (divided into 08 semesters)
Year 1: 44credits
Semester 1: 21 credits

Codes

Course titles

PHI1004

The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism 1

INT1004

Computer Science 2

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
2(24/6/0)
3(17/28/6)

10


Foreign Language 1

4(16/40/4)

Logic học đại cương
General Logics
THL1052 General Theory of State and Law

2(20/6/4)
5(54/12/9)

CAL2001 Constitutional Law

5(60/0/15)

PHI1051

Year 1: 44 credits
Semester 2: 23 credits
Codes
PHI1005

Course titles
The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism 2
Foreign Language 2

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
3(36/9/0)
5(20/50/5)

THL1058 History of State and Law

5(54/12/9)

CAL2002 Administrative Law

5(54/6/15)

CIL2001

Roman Law

2(26/0/4)

CIL2002

Civil Law 1

3(39/0/6)
Year 2: 46 credits
Semester 1: 22 credits

Codes

Course titles
Foreign Language 3
Select 2 out of the following elective courses:

PSY1050
BSA2004
INE1014
S0C1050

HIS1056

General Psychology
Management Study
General Economics
General Sociology
Fundamentals of Vietnamese Culture

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
5(20/50/5)
4
2(24/6/0)
3(24/18/3)
2(20/8/2)
2(28/2/0)
3(30/9/6)
11


EVS1001

Environment and Sustainable Development

2(20/8/2)
2(18/6/6)

MAT1078 Statistics for Sociology
CIL2009

Civil Law 2

4(39/0/6)

CRL1009

Criminal Law 1

5(40/8/12)

CAL3004

Administrative Procedure Law

2(20/4/6)

CAL3012

Theories and Law on Human Rights

2(24/0/6)

Year 2: 46 credits
Semester 2: 24 credits

Codes

Course titles
Foreign Language 4

Select 01 elective course only:

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
5(20/50/5)
2

CAL1050

History of Political and Legal Theories

2(24/0/6)

CAL2003

Legal Documents Making

2(18/6/6)

THL3006

Legal Sociology

2(14/12/4)

CAL3008

Political Science

2(24/0/6)

CIL2010

Civil Law 3

4(52/0/8)

CRL1010

Criminal Law 2

4(36/12/12)

BSL2001

Commercial Law 1

4(48/0/12)

INL2101

Public International Law

5(60/0/15)
Year 3: 41 credits

Semester 1: 20 credits

Codes

POL1001

Course titles
Ho Chi Minh Ideology

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
2(20/10/0)
12


BSL2002
BSL2020
CRL1003
CIL1008
BSL2003
CIL3002

Commercial Law 2
Law on Land and Environment
Criminal Procedure Law
Civil Procedure Law
Labour Law
Intellectual Property Law

4(48/0/12)
4(48/0/12)
4(48/0/12)
4(48/0/12)

4(48/0/12)
2(26/0/4)

Year 3: 41 credits
Semester 2: 21 credits

Codes

Course titles

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
3(42/3/0)

THL1053

The Revolutionary Policies of Vietnam
Communist Party
Comparative Law

BSL1005

Banking Law

3(39/0/6)

CIL2004

Marriage and Family Law

2(24/0/6)

CIL1008

Civil Procedure Law

4(48/0/12)

HIS1002

Select 01 elective course only:

3(24/15/6)

6

CAL3007

Theories and Law on Anti-corruption

2(24/0/6)

BSL2008

Competition Law

2(24/0/6)

CRL2010

Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgements

2(18/6/6)

CIL3003

Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments

2(26/0/4)

INL3003

International Maritime Law

2(16/8/6)

THL2002

Introduction to Critical Legal Thinking

2(24/0/6)

Year 4: 29 credits
Semester 1: 18 credits
Codes
BSL1004

Course titles
Finance Law

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
2(24/0/6)
13


INL2006

Private International Law

4(35/16/9)

INL2003

International Comercial Law

2(16/8/6)

BSL2010

Securities Law

2(24/0/6)

CRL3002

Criminology

2(18/6/6)

Select 03 elective courses only:

6

THL2001

State and Law of ASEAN Countries

2(14/12/4)

CAL3006

Foreign Constitutional Law

2(24/0/6)

CRL2011

Introduction to Criminal Justice System

2(16/8/6)

BSL2026

Legal Consultancy Skill

2(26/0/4)

CIL2005

Civil dispute resolution skills

2(26/0/4)

INL2008

International Judicial Institutions

2(26/0/4)

THL2004

Sources of Law

2(24/0/6)
Year 4: 29 credits
Semester 2: 11 credits

Codes

Course titles

FOL4001

Annual essays – Internships
Dessertation/alternative courses (select from
FOL4053 M3, M4, M5 the courses that students haven’t
taken yet)

III.2. Notes for some basic courses in VNU

No. of credits
(equivalent to credit hours:
theory/practice/self-study)
3
8

- Foreign Languages: (Foreign Language 1; Foreign Language 2; Foreign Language
3) 14 credits: Students can register for attendance according to the School’ plan or not,
they however have to attend the foreign language exams for an end-of-the-course score
and expected learning outcomes (B1 level) before graduation.
- Physical Education: 04 credits, students can register for attendance: 01 credit/semester
in the first and second year.
- National Defence Education: 08 credits in 01 month during the second semester of the
first year in Dormitory No 4 – Hoa Lang.
- Soft skills: 03 credits as planned by VNU Human Resources Development Center.
IV. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSES
1. PHI1004. The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism 1
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This course provides the students with worldviews and philosophical
methodologies through dialectical and historical materialism contents including views of
Maxist-Leninist philosophy regarding the nature, society and man, the relationships
between the nature, society and man; the most common principles of motion, natural and
social development, and human thinking; the theories of Maxist-Lenist philosophy of
socio-economic morphology, classes, class struggle of man’s liberation, ethnicity, social
revolution, the roles of masses and individual leaders in history.
2. PHI1005. The Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism 2: 03 credits; Prerequisite:

PHI1004
The course provides the learners with the most fundalmentals of the MaxismLeninism regards capitalist mode of production through three economic theories: the theory
of value, the theory of surplus value, and the theory of state monopoly capitalism. These
theories do not only clarify major economic laws that govern the movement of the market
economy, the capitalism production but also the inevitability of collapse of the capitalism and
triumph of the socialism. On that basis, it clarifies the theoretical foundations that had directly
led to the introduction and main contents of the Maxism-Leninism theory on socialism.
3. POL1001. Ho Chi Minh ideology: 02 credits; Prerequisite: PHI1005
This course offers the students with a basic understanding of the basis and
development of Ho Chi Minh ideology; a system of comprehensive and sound viewpoints
of some fundalmentals of Vietnamese revolution included ethnicity and national
liberationary revolution; socialism and the transition to socialism in Vietnam; Vietnam
Communist Party; national and international solidarity; democracy and building of a state
of the people, by the people and for the people; morals, culture and building of new
people; Ho Chi Minh’s theoretical and practical contributions to the Vietnamese people’s
revolution.
4. HIS1002. The Revolutionary Line of the Communist Party of Vietnam: 03
credits; Prerequisite: POL1001
This course provides the students with basic awareness of the historical contexts,
the development of Vietnam Communist Party who had planned Vietnam’s revolutionary
policies; the fundalmental and systematical knowledge of the Party’s revolutionary
policies including views, policies, objectives, orientations, tasks and solutions of
Vietnam’s revolution as reflected through the agendas, resolutions… that the Party had
applied in leading the Vietnam’s revolution from the national democracy revolution to the
socialism revolution with a target on the Party’s lines in the renovation period in some
basic areas of the social life.
5. INT1004. Computer Science 2: 03 credits
This course provides the students with basic understanding of Module 1 – General
Informatics (Part 1 covers basic knowledge of informatics, computer, soft wares and
informatics technology application; Part 2 introduces knowledge and skills of how to use

common operating systems, office soft wares and some internet-based services); Module 2
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– Rational database management system (this offers a systematicalized and improved
knowledge of database, rational database management system; trains skills of how to use a
specific database management system; introduces macro-based management
programming).
6. Foreign Language 1
6.1. FLF2101. General English 1: 4 credits
This course introduces the tenses, and grammar in English for beginners such as to
be, simple present, simple past, how to ask questions for information...; Vocabularies in
daily situations and about common topics of the life such as yourself, family, hometown,
country…; International phonetics and pronounciation of vowels in English; Beginning
skills in reading, speaking, listening, and writing.
6.2. FLF2201. General Russion 1
6.3. FLF2301. General French 1
6.4. FLF2401. General Chinese 1
7. Foreign Language 2
7.1. FLF2102. General English 2: 5 credits; Prerequisite: FLF2101
This course introduces basic grammar, vocabulary, and phonetics in English;
vocabularies used in daily situations such as post offices, restaurants, tourist, home,
country…; pronounciation of consonants in English; pre-intermediate skills in listening,
speaking, reading, and writing.
7.2. FLF2202. General Russian 2
7.3. FLF2302. General French 2
7.4. FLF2402. General Chinese 2
8. Foreign Language 3
8.1. FLF2103. General English 3: 5 credits; Prerequisites: FLF2102
This course introduces advanced English for intermediate-level students in

vocabulary, grammar, academic language and dialogue, sentence making…; Basic
vocabulary used in academic fields; Methods of scientific presentation; Intermediate level
skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
8.2. FLF2203. General Russian 3
8.3. FLF2303. General French 3
8.4. FLF2403. General Chinese 3
9. Foreign Language 4
9.1. FLF2104. General English 4: 5 credits; Prerequisites: FLF2103

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This course introduces advanced English for intermediate-level students in
vocabulary, grammar, academic language and dialogue, sentence making…; Basic
vocabulary used in academic fields; Methods of scientific presentation; Intermediate level
skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing.
9.2. FLF2204. General Russian 4
9.3. FLF2304. General French 4
9.4. FLF2404. General Chinese 4
12. PHI1051. General Logics: 02 credits
This course provides the students with basic and systemetic knowledge of forms of
thought such as concepts, judgement, reasoning, proof, and basically formal logical
principles of thinking including: law of identity, law of non-contradiction; law of
excluded middle; the principle of sufficient reason. This course helps the student imagine
concretely the roles and impacts of logical thoughts for perception and practical activities.
It promotes the students to seek for, detect, and fix logical errors of thinking when
reflecting and building accurately, rigorly scientific thoughts.
13. PSY1050. General Psychology: 02 credits
This course offers the students with the basic concepts of general psychology such
as psychology, psychologics, activity, communication, personality; basic methodologies

in studying psychology including observation, survey, test, experiment, interview…; the
development of human psychology; psychological characteristics, principles and
mechanism of process, states and properties of human psychology; analysis and
demonstration of the roles of basic elements for the development of personality; forecast
of trends, potentials of the development of psychological science in century XXI.
14. BSA2004. Management: 03 credits
This course introduces roles of management in modern economy; the development
of the theory (s) of management; the functions and tasks of the management in an
organization (e.g.: planning, organization, leadership, examination); communication in
management; the process of making dicisions in management; risk management.
15. INE1014. General Economics: 2 credits
This subject provides the students with the fundalmental knowledge of modern
economics (micro economics, macro economics). The subject introduces basic issues in
running economic activities and methods in studying economic science. It then analyzes
the most essential contents of market economy – need, supply, price balance and nature of
regulatory mechanism of the market, and the government’s influences and markets. Based
on the cost and profit analysis, the subject explains in-depth enterprises’ operations in
varied markets for profit maximization. This subject also gives an explaination of matters
of the economic system as a whole. Those matters are included total need, total supply,
national production, unemployment and inflation. On this basis, the subject answers why

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the government uses policy tools (financial policy, monetary policy, foreign trade policy)
to stabilize the economic growth.
16. SOC1050. General sociology: 02 credits
This module provides the students a systematic and basic knowledge of sociology
including: subjects, functions, development process, concepts, categories and principles,
to-do-research areas, some theories and methodologies of sociology. Based on the basic

concepts, the students will be able to understand the relationships between individuals,
community and society. At the end of the module, the students will be able to understand
the positions, roles of individuals, social groups, institutions, social organizations, the
elite and social classes in a society.
17. HIS1056. Fundalmentals of Vietnamese Culture: 03 credits
This module introduces cultural concepts such as culture, civilization. It provides the
students with general knowledge to help them explain different aspects of
Vietnamese culture like: relationships between the people, the natural
environment, the social environment in Vietnam and the culture; the typical
features of the cultural exchanges, exposure in Vietnam and the highlights of the
exchanges between the culture of Vietnam and that of China, India, and the West.
This module also introduces basic elements of Vietnamese culture such as
language, religion (Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity), religious
belief (lingaism, Thanh Hoang worshipping practices, Worship of Mother
Goddesses practices); presentation of cultural history of Vietnam from prehistory
to now or typical feasutes of cultural áreas in Vietnam. Then, it orientates the
student’s awareness of Vietnam’s modern cultural development base don the
preservation, promotion of traditional values, integration and reception of new
cultural values.
18. EVS1001. Environment and Sustainable Development: 02 credits
This course provides the students with a system of concepts on natural resources,
enviroment and development. The concepts and process of sustainable development in the
world and Vietnam. Characteristics, causes and effects of enviromental recession and
population, relationships between the enviroment and technological, economic, and social
development. This course also introduces legal, economic, technological tools to protect
the enviroment; programs, fields and objectives of sustainable development…
19. MAT1078. Statistics for Sociology: 02 credits
This course equips the students with some basic, simple results of applied statistics
to handle two important and common quantities: rate and average. Specifically, it refers to
parameter estimation, examination of hypothesis relevant to ratio and average when

comparing two averages, two ratios, testing the independence between the two quantities;
correlation and regression between the two variables.
20. THL1052. General Theory of State and Law: 4 credits
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This subject provides the students with basic knowledge of state, law, form,
function, and apparatus of state, relationships between state and individuals. It covers
fundalmental categories of state and law: law of formulation, development, existance of
state and law; trends of movement of state and law phenomenon. It also introduces the
basic knowledge of law including properties, functions, source, and principles;
relationships between law and state and other regulatory tools and social institutions; rule
of law, civil society. The subject also consists of issues like legal amendment mechanism,
relationships between building, implementing, and applying law; sense of law, legal
culture.
21. THL1058. History of State and Law: 4 credit
This course introduces methods on how to approach historical issues of state and
law; basic and systematical knowledge of state, law in Vietnam and the world, methods of
comparison so as to identify principles, similaries and differences of state organization,
system of law in history, references, selective heritage in modern society. The course
introduces basic characteristics of organization and operation of state in historical process,
relationships between state and socio-political institutions. Main characteristics of the
legal system, methods of building and enforcement of law, legal thoughts, legal culture;
relationships between law and means of social adjusment, moral basis of law. Heritable
values of state apparatus organization, typical laws in modern society.
22. CAL2001. Constitutional Law: 04 credits
This course provides the students with basic knowledge of constitutional law – the
law that governs the democratically polical regime in Vietnam at present; ways to
organize and govern the apparatus of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in accord with the
existing convention, in comparison with the organization and governance of countries in

the world. It is the rule of law of the people, for the people, the state‘s power is unified
with division and collaboration between the power of making law, implementing law and
judging law.
23. CAL2002. Administrative Law: 04 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001
This course provides the students with a basic understanding of the administrative
law; state management; administrative breach, implementation of administrative breach
and controlling measures (mornitor, test, inspection, auditing) over state management
activities; resolving legal disputes arising in state management activities.
24. THL1053. Comparative law: 3 credits
This course covers the following contents: General issues of comparative law;
Traditions of Roman-Germany law; Financial institutes under public and private laws;
Legal resources of the legal systems under Roman-Germany legal traditions; Traditions of
Common Law; Traditions of Moslim law; Legal systems of China and Japan; Legal
system of some Asean countries.
25. CIL2001. Roman Law: 2 credits
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This course provides an introduction of Roman private law as constituent elements
of the legal system that has the deepest and strongests impacts on development of modern
laws to help the students understand legal theories of a society built on the basis of private
ownership. The course also the students how to access in a systematic manner to legal
regulations of subject, jus in rem, jus in personam, inheritance rights, marriage and
family, procedures and methods of civil action in the process of formulation, movement
and development and their impacts on the current civil laws.
26. CAL1050. History of Political and Legal Theories: 02 credits
This course introduces political theories of ancient Greece, ancient Roman, ancient
India, ancient China, Western Europe in the middle age, the West in modern times,
political ideology of Marxism-Leninism, the history of Vietnam’s political thought, Ho
Chi Minh’s political ideology. This is the basis of the formation of the ideology, political

theories, the basic works of political thinkers, the notions of political thinkers of the
origin, nature of political power, state organizations, ruling regimes...
27. CAL2003. Legal Documents Making; Prerequisite: CAL2002
This course provides the students with the fundalmental knowledge of legal
documents, systems of legal documents and skills, techniques of drafting common legal
documents. The prerequisite of this course is the Administrative law.
28. THL3006. Legal Sociology: 2 credits
In this course, the students are provided with basic, update knowledge of legal
sociology, social decisiveness of law; relationships between law, state and social
phenomena; positions, roles and applicable values of legal sociology. The major contents
of this course are included: dialectic relationships between law and life; legal system in a
comprehensive manner in practice; sociology of legislation, sociology of legal behaviors,
sociology of law enforcement and implementation; sociology of legal violation,
socialization of law. The course also introduces some methods on how to approach
schools of legal sociology, theory of legal sociology survey, application of legal sociology
in doing research, resolving legal matters.
29. CAL3008. Political Science: 2 credits
The students are introduced of the basic knowlege of political science as a whole
and in relation with institutions and forms of social consciousness. This knowledge
provides a basis for further studying varied aspects of politics and political activities in
the world and Vietnam.
30. CIL2002. Civil Law 1: 2 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001
This course provides the knowledge of civil law – an essential component of the
law system in Vietnam including: legal status, legal standards for individual behaviors,
legal persons, and other subjects; rights and obligations regarding subjects of personal
identigy and property in civil, marriage and family, business, trade and labor relations.

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31. CIL2012. Civil law 2: 3 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002
This course provides the students with foundation theories of the law of obligations
– one of the most typical and important fields in private law. The course is composed of
generic theories of obligations, theory of contract, theory of legal non-contractual
liability, and theoretical basis of other obligations.
32. CIL2010. Civil law 3: 3 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002
This course provides the students with basic principles of property and inheritance
– basic and typical fields of private law. The course is composed of theory of property
law such as property, property classification, onwership and other jus in rem, forms of
property and theory of inheritance law.
33. CRL1009. Criminal Law 1: 4 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001
This course provides the students with basic and specialized knowledge of General
Part of Vietnamese Criminal Law including: concepts, duties and principles of criminal
law; history of Vietnamese criminal law; criminal acts; concepts of crime and crime
classification, theory of crime and constituent elements to crime; phases of crime;
partners in crime; cases where criminal liabilities are eliminated; criminal liability and
penality; sentences; exemption, reduction and remission of criminal penalities; criminal
liability for juveline offenders.
34. CRL1010; Criminal Law 2: 3 credits; Prerequisite: CRL1009
The module provides the students with basic and deep knowledge of types of crime
under Vietnamese Criminal Law including general theory of the crime and the basics of
types of crime under the Criminal Law; the crimes of national security; the crimes of
moral rights of man; the crimes infringing democratic freedoms of citizens; the crimes of
ownership; the crimes of marriage and family; the crimes of economic management order;
the crimes of the environment; drug-related crimes; the crimes of public safety, public
order, administrative order of the state; positions crimes; the criminal justice infringing
activities; the crimes of duties and responsibilities of military personnel; sabotage of
peace, against humanity, war crimes; as well as criminal liability and penalties for each
type of crime.
35. BSL2001. Commercial Law 1: 03 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002

The course equips the students with knowledge of general commercial law, the
components of this law with a focus on the legal status of traders. The course also
provides the students with the knowledge about the legal characteristics of types of trader
including from sole traders to different types of companies, the establishment,
administration and the dissolution of the traders.
36. BSL2002; Commercial Law 2: 03 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002

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This course mainly equips the students with knowledge of the commercial
practices of traders, including: general theory of commercial practices, commercial acts or
contracts due to the nature. In addition, the course also provides the legal knowledge
about bankruptcy for traders and the law on dispute resolution in the business, trade.
37. BSL1004. Financial Law: 2 credits; Prerequisite: BSL2001
The course provides the basic knowledge about the establishment of financial
resource, utility of financial resources and management of the State over financial
resources. The course focuses on theory of public finance, state budget, public finance
law; roles of State; decentralization of state management over state budget, authority of
state agencies in manageming state budget funds, creation and use of monetary funds in
the process of implementing the state budget estimates; management and use of ODA
funds, financial management over business units, state audit and solving breach of the
Law on State Budget.
38. BSL1005; Banking Law: 2 credits; Prerequisite: BSL2001
The course provides the students with the basic, in-depth and systematic
knowledge of theoretical issues of the banking law, amendments to this law which will
give the students a basis to do further research and an overview of the legal status of the
Central Bank, credit institutions, the banking law for operations of credit organizations,
and others involved in banking activities.
39. BSL2020. Law on Land-Environment: 4 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2002

The course covers two main topics: the law of the land and the law of the
environment. The land legislation provides the students with basic knowledge of the
administrative procedures in the management and use of land and the order of execution
of the rights of land users... The law of the environment provides an introduction of the
environment, legal evaluation of environmental standards, the basic knowledge about the
report on environmental impact assessment, environmental protection commitment, the
law on protection of natural resources, forest and fishery resources, protection of
biodiversity, protection of water resources, and protection of cultural heritage.
40. CIL2004; Marriage and Family Law: 2 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2010
The course equips the students with knowledge of the Law on Marriage and
Family in Vietnam - an important part of the legal system in Vietnam. The Law on
Marriage and Family in Vietnam defines legal status, legal standards for personal
behaviors as the subject of marriage and family; rights and obligations of individuals and
the personal identity and property in marriage and family relations that are responsible for
protecting the rights and legitimate interests of individuals in marriage and family
relations, especially children.
41. CRL1003: Criminal Procedure Law: 3 credits; Prerequisite: CRL1009
The course provides the students with basic and in-depth knowledge of the
Criminal Procedure Law in Vietnam including: concepts, tasks and basic principles of
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criminal law and development of the Law in Vietnam; agencies conducting legal
proceedings, persons who conduct the proceedings, and persons who participate in the
proceedings; evidence and demonstration in criminal proceedings; the preventive
measures to be applied in the process of settling the criminal case; criminal prosecution,
investigation, adjudication and enforcement; cassation, retrial; settling procedures in cases
where the accused and the indictees are juveline; procedures of compulsory treatment
measures; summary procedures in solving criminal cases and matters of complaints and
denunciations, and international cooperation in criminal proceedings.

42. CIL1008; Civil Procedure Law: 3 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002
The course provides the students with basic knowledge of the order and procedures
for settling civil cases of protection of the legitimate rights and interests of individuals,
agencies and organizations in court. The main topics to be studied are included:
theoretical issues about the Civil Procedure Law and practices in judicial bodies such as:
concepts and basic principles of the Civil Procedure Law; duties and powers of the
agency conducting the proceedings, personnel who conduct the proceedings...
43. BSL2003. Labor Law: 3 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2002
The course provides the students with basic knowledge about the Labor Law
including: Amendment objects, amendment methods, basic principles of the Vietnam
Labor Law; relations of labor law; vocational training; Concept, meanings, contents,
forms and contracting of labor; Void labor contracts; Sublease of labor; Some legal issues
on wages; The hours of work and rest; Safety and occupational health; Disciplinary and
material liability; Labor disputes and settlement of labor disputes; Strikes and settlement
of labor strikes; State management over labor.
44. INL2101. Public International Law: 5 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2001
The course equips the students with basic knowledge of principles and
international regulations based on the consensus and voluntary of nations – fundalmental
subjects of the international law. This course can be divided into two parts. The first part
introduces the basic theory of the international law such as basic principles; the doctrine
of scholars; subject of international law; history of formation and development of
international law; and the influence of international law on domestic law. The second part
refers to specific issues in international relations between countries such as the
international maritime law; the international humanitarian law; the diplomatic and
consular law; and international criminal law... The course helps the students further study
the international legal issues such as: the international criminal law; the international
human rights law…
45. INL2006. Private International Law: 3 credits; Prerequisite: CIL1008
The course refers to the basic theory about private international law as a legal
science and a specifically legislative sector in national laws; conflict of laws and the

application of foreign law; principles and provisions made to the laws of Vietnam on
solving conflict of laws in terms of: the legal capacity of individuals and legal entities;
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ownership; contract; non-contractual damage liability; inheritance; marriage and family;
labor; principles and substantive provisions of the laws of Vietnam directly adjust the
relations of civil nature with foreign elements; The issue of international civil procedure
and international commercial arbitration.
46. CAL3007. Theories and Law on Anti-corruption: 2 credits
The course provides the students with comprehensive knowledge of the theoretical
and legal issues on anti-corruption, including: concepts, nature of corruption; forms of
corruption; the causes and effects of corruption; the necessity and significance of the
prevention of corruption; Theory, law, and practical experience of preventing and
combating corruption in some countries in the world; Ho Chi Minh Ideology and the
views and policies of the Party, the State of Vietnam on corruption and prevention of
corruption, and particularly the international legal framework and Vietnam on the
prevention of corruption.
47. BSL2008. Competition Law: 2 credits; Prerequisite: BSL2002
The course provides the learners with basic knowledge on competition and policy,
competition law. It helps the learners identify, analyze and assess competition restriction
acts, including competition-restricting agreements, abuse of dominant market position,
monopoly position and economic centralization; identify and analyze behaviors of unfair
competition; master the rules of management over competition in Vietnam in comparison
to some countries in the world; understand the provisions of the orders and procedures for
settling competition cases; understand the provisions on breach to competition law.
48. CRL2010. Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgements: 02 credits;
Prerequisite: CRL1003
The course offers basic knowledge about the law on enforcement of criminal
judgement included: Concepts, tasks and principles of the law on enforcement of criminal

judgement; agencies of enforcement of criminal judgement and legal status of the
convicted person; the implementation of the death penalty, termed imprisonment penalty,
life imprisonment penalty; enforcement of penalties that are not deprived of liberty,
judicial measures; implementation of the exemption from penalty execution, remission of
penalty execution, remission of criminal law and criminal enforcement in some countries
in the world.
49. CIL3003. Law on Enforcement of Criminal Judgements: 2 credits. Prerequisite:
CIL1008
The course provides basic knowledge on process and procedures of enforcement of
criminal judgments and civil decisions of courts and other decisions in accordance with
law. It covers the theoretical issues of enforcement of civil law such as: concepts of
enforcement of civilian law; jurisdiction, statute, principles of civil judgment execution;
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50. INL3003. Law on Enforcement of Civil Judgments: 2 credits; Prerequisite:
INL2101
The course provides the students with the legal principles, international legal and
the laws of Vietnam that regulate international maritime law issues, namely: context of
birth of international maritime law, ship and nationality of the ship, registration, registry,
pledge, mortgage and arrestment of the ship, cargo by sea, charter party, ship owner's
liability for pollution due to oil spill caused by the collision and salvage, rescue at sea,
marine insurance.
51. THL2002. Introduction to Critical Legal Thinking: 2 credits
Critical legal thinking is part of the thinking method in the legal science field. The
course consists of 4 parts: Theory of methods and laws of thought; Specific skills and
methods of critical legal thinking; Critical thinking in debating legal issues and critical
thinking in application of the law. Through teaching under specific legal situations,

thereby generalizing the theoretical issues of the rule of critical legal thinking, the
students will have access to a system of knowledge about the skills and methods of
critical legal thinking, and the method of thinking in debating legal issues and methods of
thinking in the application of legal activities.
52. INL2003. International Comercial Law: 2 credits; Prerequisite: INL 2006
In this course, the students are provided with theoretical and practical knowledge
of international commercial law including 4 contents: The theoretical issues of
international commercial law; The provisions of the WTO in trade in goods, services,
intellectual property and trade-related investments; The theoretical and practical issues of
legal transactions in international trade contracts such as contracts of international sale of
goods, contracts of international transport, contracts of international insurance, contracts
of international technology transfer. It also provides the necessary knowledge on issues
such as billing, international credit, international e-commerce; The theoretical and
practical issues of resolving international trade disputes, such as negotiation, conciliation,
arbitration, court.
53. CAL3004. Administrative Procedure Law: 2 credits; Prerequisite: CAL2002
The students are provided with both theoretical knowledge and skills on the
process and content of a trial of administrative cases. The students will be able to practice
the trial of administrative cases during the course and have the knowledge that can be
applied immediately in practice. In the course, the students will have access to basic
concepts such as administrative cases, organization of the administrative court system, the
type of work under the jurisdiction of the Administrative Court; the conditions for
acceptance of administrative cases; and orders of a trial of administrative cases; the scope
of intervention of courts in administrative activities and administrative enforcement.
54. CIL3002; Intellectual Property Law: 2 credits; Prerequisite: CIL2009

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