INFORMATION PAGE OF THE NEW CONTRIBUTION OF THE THESIS Theme: " Improving financial management mechanisms for advanced training program in public universities in Vietnam" Major: Economics and Finance Banking Code: 62.34.02.01 Research student: Nguyen Thu Huong Instructor: Assoc Prof Tran Thi Ha Dr Nguyen Thi Lan NEW CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE THESIS Academic and theoretical contributions 1) In order to identify high-quality training programs in state universities, the thesis proposes a set of criteria including standards for the programs, students, conditions of quality assurance and the outcomes 2) The thesis offers new point of view about the financial management mechanisms for high-quality training programs in state universities, in which clarifying the role of the Government as the administration entity in using administrative methods and tools to operate financial management mechanism 3) The thesis proposes financial management mechanism model for high-quality training programs which could be considered comprehensive in the following aspects: budget managing based on activities and output products and products assessing criteria in accordance with international practices; tuition fee policy developed on the principle which tuition fee are selfdetermined based on training cost; cost managing by activities (Model ABC-M) along with economic and technical norms and the inner elements of cost; the relationship between entities in the mechanism operation Discovery and propose drawn from research result 1) By investigating the status of financial management mechanism of high-quality training programs in Vietnam state universities, the thesis points out weaknesses and inadequacies mostly related to state budget tool and tuition fees policy has not been combined and used effectively to atrract and govern social resources to develop high-quality training programs; universities’ autonomy in finance is inadequate to manage high-quality training programs which are designed and organized based on modern and advanced programs in foreign countries These are the reasons why the deployment of high-quality training programs in state universities has not reached the initial target when buiding the proposal of implementing highquality training programs 2) The thesis proposed groups of solutions to improve finacial managment mechanism for high-quality training programs in state universities in Vietnam in following aspects: budget managing, tuition fee managing and cost managing according to the model in theory section so as to archive the goal and enhance the quality of those training programs The applicability 1) Criteria of high-quality training programs can serve as the basis for The Government to promulgate criteria and standards identifying high quality training programs in universities 2) The model analysing the degree of influence of factors towards socialization capacity may be used for allocating budget for high-quality training programs 3) Model ABC defining fee of high-quality training programs is able to estimate training cost adequately These are conditions to manage budget based on activities and output products