In witness of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh on January 10, 2022, VNU President Le Quan and Lao Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong handed over the co-operation document between the two sides on the implementation of the project to build a Center for Scientific Research and Training at National University of Laos. This is the first time a higher education institution has been assigned as the owner of a project using Vietnam's aid for the Lao Government. The project is a typical work for the partnership in education, training and scientific research between VNU and the National University of Laos in particular, as well as affirming the special friendship between Vietnam and Laos in general.

The Executive Board of VNU Entrepreneur Alumni Club was established under Decision No. 1892/QĐ-ĐHQGHN dated June 8, 2022. In the spirit of "Joining hands for development", the Alumni Club will be the place to connect generations of VNU’s alumni - intellectual entrepreneurs to accompany and contribute to the development of VNU.

VNU always affirms its position and brand of the leading university in Vietnam through receiving and exchanging cooperation with many international partners, including Irish Secretary of State Anne Rabbitte; Irish Ambassador to Vietnam John McCullagh; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Vietnam Yamada Taiko; Special Advisor to the Japan Friendship Parliamentary Alliance Takebe Tsutomu; General Director of the Southeast Asia Department of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Hataeda Mikio; the National University of Laos delegation; the delegation of the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France; the delegation of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), among others.

As a member of the AUN Steering Committee, UMAP Executive Board, AUF Board of Directors, etc., VNU has always shown high responsibility in international networks and organizations; participated actively and proactively in promoting bilateral and multilateral cooperation within the network as well as contributed to promoting the internationalization of higher education in the region, in Vietnam and at VNU.

VNU continued to promote the implementation of international cooperation projects to contribute to improving the quality of training, research, capacity building and resources attracting for the development of VNU including VIBE Project, PHER project, Laos project, World Bank project, etc.

In 2022, 12 editions of VNU’s Newsletter on Cooperation and Development (e-Newsletter) were published monthly online. The Newsletter gathers special activities of VNU and its affiliates, disseminates legal documents, new policies as well as opportunities to participate in international cooperation programs and projects.

Training activities, capacity building, skill enhancement and connection among staff working in development and cooperation field at VNU’s units were also promoted. In 2022, VNU organized 3 training and networking conferences, not only for the cooperation and development managers at VNU, but also for those from VNU, Ho Chi Minh City and the University of Da Nang. The conferences contributed to improving the management capacity of development cooperation, enhancing skills and connections, contributing to exploiting VNU's multi-disciplinary advantages as well as opening up new opportunities and prospects for further cooperation.