On April 4^th 2018, the delegation of Ho Chi Minh City Open University, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Minh Ha, Vice-Rector, visited and worked with University of Trieste, Italy. The delegates were welcomed by Prof. Maurizio Fermeglia, Rector, and leaders of departments and units of the University.

The University of Trieste is not only the leading university in Italy but also a high-ranking institution in the world in terms of training, scientific research as well as science and technology transfer.

The two universities have exchanged and signed a memorandum of understanding on Economics - Business, Language, Biotechnology, and Computer Science sectors. Types of cooperation are students exchange, undergraduate/graduate dual degrees, lecturers exchange, Erasmus+ project participation, scientific cooperation research program, scientific papers publication, etc.