Hanoi Law University

What Hanoi Law University does

Hanoi Law University (Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội) is Vietnam's state-owned premier legal education institution, established on July 27, 1947 and operated under the Ministry of Education and Training. It delivers a full academic stack — undergraduate (regular, articulation, part-time, and second-degree), master's, doctoral, and international dual-degree programs — across eight law specializations including civil, criminal, economic, administrative-state, international, international commercial, political theory, and legal foreign languages. Supporting the academic departments are dedicated operational units: the Legal Practice Center (Trung tâm Thực hành pháp luật) for moot court and practical training, the Comparative Law Institute (Viện Luật so sánh), the IT and Library Center (Trung tâm Công nghệ thông tin và Thư viện), and Tạp chí Luật học, the university's flagship law journal. The institution holds official designation as a 'trường trọng điểm' (key priority school) for legal education.

Operationally, HLU generates revenue through tuition and training fees for degree and continuing education programs, supplemented by Vietnamese government funding. Student recruitment is event-driven, anchored by national university entrance examinations, an online admission portal (tuyensinh.hlu.edu.vn), admission consultation programs, and a website (hlu.edu.vn) carrying news and program information. Delivery occurs on the main Hanoi campus at 87 Nguyễn Chí Thanh, Ba Đình District, and at a wholly-owned branch campus in Đắk Lắk province (Phân hiệu Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội tại Đắk Lắk). Student cohorts cycle from Khoá 47 (currently graduating in 2026) to Khoá 51 (incoming 2026), indicating continuous pipeline throughput across multiple delivery modalities.

HLU's primary customers are Vietnamese students pursuing undergraduate through doctoral law credentials, and legal professionals and government officials requiring continuing legal education and specialized training. The university also engages in international cooperation — including 2020 partnerships with the European Union and UNICEF Vietnam on child rights reporting and with the French Embassy in Hanoi on juvenile justice, and a 2026 academic exchange with Griffith University (Australia) — positioning it as a connector between Vietnamese legal education and international legal scholarship. Governance is exercised through a Board of Trustees (Hội đồng Trường), Party Committee (Đảng ủy), Rector and Vice-Rectors appointed by the state, and faculty-level Trưởng khoa.

Name

Hanoi Law University

Legal name

Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội

Website

https://hlu.edu.vn

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Hanoi Law University (Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội) is Vietnam's state-owned premier legal education institution, founded 1947, delivering undergraduate through doctoral law degrees and continuing legal education to Vietnamese students, government officials, and legal professionals across a Hanoi main campus and Đắk Lắk branch.

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Product category

Legal Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-ABA / State-Accredited JD-Granting Law Schools (EDAHAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Law School Research Centers & Institutes (e.g., Law & Economics, Human Rights) (EDAHAIAJ), Law School Continuing Legal Education (CLE) & Executive Programs (EDAHAIAH), Specialty Law Schools (e.g., Tax, IP, International, Trial Advocacy) (EDAHAIAF)

Keywords

• Legal education
• Law degree programs
• Undergraduate law
• Graduate legal studies
• Continuing legal education

Headquarters

HQ city

Hanoi

HQ country

Vietnam

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and training fees: Revenue generated from undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral program tuition fees, as well as professional training programs for legal practitioners and government officials.
2. Government funding: Public university funding from Vietnamese government for educational activities and research.

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Core offering

Hanoi Law University is Vietnam's premier state-owned law school providing higher-education legal training from undergraduate through doctoral level, including regular, articulation, part-time, second-degree, and international dual-degree tracks across eight legal specializations (International, Civil, Criminal, Economic, International Commercial, Administrative and State Law, Political Theory, and Legal Foreign Languages). It also conducts legal research through the Comparative Law Institute, publishes the Tạp chí Luật học (Law Journal), runs a Legal Practice Center for moot-court training, and delivers continuing legal education to government legal professionals.

Product overview

Hanoi Law University (Trường Đại học Luật Hà Nội) is Vietnam's premier law education institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of academic programs and research services. The university provides undergraduate programs (regular, articulation, part-time, and second-degree), master's programs, doctoral programs, and dual-degree international programs across multiple law specializations including International Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Economic Law, Administrative and State Law, International Commercial Law, Political Theory, and Legal Foreign Languages. Supporting the academic departments are specialized centers including the IT and Library Center, Legal Practice Center, and Comparative Law Institute. The university also publishes the Law Journal (Tạp chí Luật học) for scholarly research dissemination. The institutional structure includes multiple faculties, departments, and research units organized under a centralized administration with a branch campus in Đắk Lắk province.

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Products and services

• Undergraduate Law Programs (Chương trình đào tạo Đại học) Full-time undergraduate law degree programs offered in four tracks — regular (chính quy), articulation (liên thông), part-time (vừa làm vừa học), and second-degree (văn bằng hai) — for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in law across multiple legal specializations.
• Master's Programs (Chương trình đào tạo Thạc sĩ) Graduate-level master's degree programs in law for students who have completed undergraduate studies, delivered by the university's specialized law departments.
• Doctoral Programs (Chương trình đào tạo Tiến sĩ)
• Dual Degree Programs (Chương trình đào tạo Song bằng) International dual-degree programs allowing students to earn credentials from both Vietnamese and foreign partner institutions.
• Tạp chí Luật học (Law Journal)

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Griffith University (Úc)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026Guest lecture by Dr. Lương Thanh Hải from Griffith University, Australia on 'Experience using AI in scientific research and writing international journal articles'.
• Liên minh châu Âu (European Union)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 November 2020The university collaborated with the European Union and UNICEF Vietnam to organize a mock session on Vietnam's 5th-6th national report on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• UNICEF Việt Nam (Quỹ Nhi đồng Liên hợp quốc tại Việt Nam)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 November 2020Partnership in organizing the mock session for Vietnam's national report on child rights implementation, with UNICEF experts serving on the advisory committee.
• Đại sứ quán Cộng hòa Pháp tại Hà NộiminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2020The university partnered with the French Embassy in Hanoi to organize a seminar on 'Justice for Minors in the French Republic', featuring expert Laetitia Pons from France.

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Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• National University of Singapore – Faculty of Law: One of Asia's top-ranked law faculties. Serves as a comparable reference point for HLU's international ambitions and represents the regional benchmark HLU's international programs compete against for Southeast Asian legal talent.
• Chulalongkorn University – Faculty of Law: Thailand's premier state law school with a long history and government designation analogous to HLU's. Provides a regional benchmark for a public, government-affiliated legal education institution in a neighboring ASEAN economy.

Direct peers

• University of Economics and Law (VNU-HCM): A public university under VNU-HCMC offering combined economics-law programs. Targets a similar student segment interested in commercial and economic law, competing directly with HLU's International Commercial Law and Economic Law departments.
• University of Law – Ho Chi Minh City: Vietnam's other premier state-run law university, located in Ho Chi Minh City. Offers overlapping undergraduate, master's, and doctoral law programs and is the closest direct competitor to HLU for top legal talent in Vietnam.
• Vietnam National University, Hanoi – School of Law: A major national university system housing a School of Law that competes with HLU for top students and faculty, particularly in international and commercial law disciplines, and shares government affiliation.
• Foreign Trade University: A leading Vietnamese public university offering specialized law programs with an international business orientation. Competes with HLU for students interested in international commercial law and legal foreign languages.
• Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City – School of Law: The southern counterpart of VNU Hanoi, hosting a School of Law that produces graduates competing in the same Vietnamese legal employment market and shares the public-university designation.
• Hanoi University: A multidisciplinary public university in Hanoi offering a Faculty of Law that competes with HLU for undergraduate students in Northern Vietnam, particularly in general and civil law tracks.

Emerging players

• Duy Tan University: A large private Vietnamese university with an established law school that has grown rapidly and competes on flexibility, English-language programs, and market responsiveness where HLU's state structure is slower.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries5 records

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