Vietnam National University, HCM City and Vietnam National University, Hanoi are in the list of world’s top 1,000 universities for the first time. — Photo topuniversities.com

Vietnam National University, HCM City and Vietnam National University, Hanoi are in the list for the first time, joining 60 other universities that are making their debut in the rankings this year. The ranking was published Wednesday following an examination by QS of data from more than 4,700 universities in 151 countries around the world in 2018. Vietnam National University, HCM City is in the group of universities ranked 701st to 750th, while Vietnam National University, Hanoi is in the 801st to 1,000th group. The QS World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Being the only international ranking to have received International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) approval, the QS ranking is viewed as one of the three most widely-read university rankings in the world, along with the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.