The University of Telecommunications and Post (UTP) and the Vietnamese Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) agreed on key areas of cooperation during a meeting between Prof. Miglena Temelkova, DSc, Rector of the Bulgarian university, and the President of the Institute, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dang Hoai Bac. The priorities for both institutions are the development of joint educational programmes, credit recognition and short-term courses, cooperation in doctoral training and joint research supervision, as well as the establishment of joint research groups in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, information security, IoT, 5G/6G, data mining and automation. Student and staff exchange, work on international projects, and the organisation of joint scientific conferences also emerged as important for both institutions.
The visit and working meeting at PTIT took place on 13 October 2026 on the occasion of Prof. Miglena Temelkova’s participation in the European Higher Education Week 2026 in Hanoi, with the support and assistance of the Bulgarian Embassy in Vietnam, represented by Ambassador Pavlin Todorov, and of Vietnam Post.
During the meeting, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dang Hoai Bac emphasised that the meeting is an important milestone in promoting cooperation in research and education between UTP and PTIT, and also contributes to strengthening the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Bulgaria. He also expressed high appreciation for UTP’s leading position in the Bulgarian higher education system, as well as for the similarities in development directions and teaching strengths between the two universities.
The UTP delegation identified numerous similarities between the two institutions and expressed the Bulgarian university’s readiness to engage in comprehensive cooperation with its Vietnamese counterpart, which has over 30,000 students.
