On December 27, 2019,, Graduate University of Science and Technology together with University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH, Vietnam France University) co-organized the ceremony of awarding the decision on the appointment to Professor, Associate Professor title in 2019 at Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST). Among those, Dr. Tran Dinh Phong, Director of Fundamental Applied Science Department at USTH, was officially appointed to Associate Professor title in Chemistry.