| ABET | ABET, Inc. (formerly known as Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AUN | ASEAN University Network |
| CCD | Charge coupled device |
| CHEA | Council for Higher Education Accreditation |
| CHERA | Centre for Higher Education Research and Accreditation |
| CP | Chinh Phu (i.e., the Government) |
| CS | Computer Science |
| Dr. Sc. | Doctor of Science |
| EC2000 | Engineering Criteria 2000 |
| EE | Electrical Engineering |
| ESL | English as a Second Language |
| E & T | Electrical and Telecommunications |
| GOATs | Goals, objectives, activities, and tasks |
| GPA | Grade Point Average |
| GS | General subjects |
| HCMUNS | Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences |
| HCMUT | Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology |
| HUS | Hanoi University of Science |
| HUT | Hanoi University of Technology |
| IAES | International Academy of Electrotechnical Science |
| ID | Instructional development |
| IELTS | International English Language Testing System |
| IEM | Institute for Educational Management |
| IEP | Institutional Effectiveness Plan |
| IER-HCMC | Institute for Educational Research, Ho Chi Minh City |
| IT | Information Technology |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MOET | Ministry of Education and Training |
| NA | The National Academies |
| OD | Organizational development |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PD | Professional development |
| RMIT | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| SEAMEO RETRAC | The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Training Center |
| SS | Specialized subjects |
| TOEFL | Test of English as a Foreign Language |
| U1 | University 1 (pseudonym for case study university 1) |
| U2 | University 2 (pseudonym for case study university 2) |
| U3 | University 3 (pseudonym for case study university 3) |
| U4 | University 4 (pseudonym for case study university 4) |
| U.S. | The United States |
| USSH | University of Social Sciences and Humanities |
| VIFOTEC | The Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations |
| VEEA | Vietnam Electrical Engineering Association |
| VEF | Vietnam Education Foundation |
| VND | Vietnamese Dong |
| VNU | Vietnam National University |
| VNU-Hanoi | Vietnam National University – Hanoi |
| VNU-HCM | Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City |
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