Cooperation and mutual development in education is a leading trend of global education, especially for an open education. Since its establishment, Ho Chi Minh City Open University has been a training unit that always pays special attention to community orientation, with the objective of contributing to a more advanced and modern education for the society.

American Polytechnic College-APC is one of the prestigious colleges in Vietnam. With the mission of contributing to a solid career foundation for the young generation of Vietnam not only in Vietnam, but also branching out to the region and the world, American Polytechnic College offers learners training programs with high applicability and update to the social needs. The college specializes in training majors of economics - services, foreign languages, design and IT. The college applies national and international standards, with advanced teaching methods. The college focuses on practice and internship in each subject and enhances the foreign language competence for students (especially English).

On that basis, Ho Chi Minh City Open University and American Polytechnic College signed a training cooperation agreement at 8:30 AM on March 14, 2019, the signing ceremony was honored to welcome, on the side of American Polytechnic College, there was the attendance of Mr. Duong Tran Minh Doan, MA (Rector), Ms. Nguyen Thi My Hanh (Head of Training Department and Learning Assistant), MA. Phan Thi Mai Trang (Dean of Faculty of Foreign Languages), MA. Nguyen Van Khanh (Dean of Faculty of Hostility Management), MA Nguyen Thanh Nga (Head of Admission Department); and on the side of Ho Chi Minh City Open University, there was the attendance of Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Minh Ha PhD. (Vice Rector), PhD. Mr. Le Nguyen Quoc Khang (Deputy Director of Distance Learning Center), MA. Nguyen Thi Anh Thao (Deputy Director of Distance Learning Center), MA Hua Van Duc (Deputy Director of Distance Learning Center), Nguyen Thi Xuan Lan PhD.  (Head of Non-professional English Subject), MA Pham Minh Tu (Head of Japanese Subject).