Vietnam - Netherlands Programme

What is it? The Master's Degree in Development Economics (MDE) is a three-year part-time degree taught in English. The curriculum, which has been developed in Vietnam and in Europe, focuses on applying economic theory to the policy challenges facing Vietnam; and developing comprehensive and critical analytical and technical capacities. All graduates who have received the MDE are presently employed, primarily in government ministries and in universities, but also in the private sector, multilateral institutions, and international non-governmental organizations. 

Graduates of the MDE gain a degree that is signed by both the Rector of the counterpart Vietnamese university and the Rector of the ISS.

Where is it? The MDE was established in 1994 in two Vietnamese universities, the University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, and the National Economics University, Hanoi, with the assistance of Dutch development co-operation and in collaboration with the ISS, Europe's largest graduate school of development studies. Here in Ho Chi Minh City, the MDE is located within the Faculty of Development Economics of the University of Economics (UEH).