Hoa Sen University is located in the center of dynamic HoChiMinh city, the commercial heart of Vietnam. The university was founded in 1991, during a period of economic and social transition as Vietnam began the process of integrating with the global economy. Hoa Sen University began life as the Hoa Sen School of Informatics and Management. The school was created under the auspices of the Ho Chi Minh City administration. The Union of Lotus in France was created at the same time to support the school. The school was fully independent financially. The school tested a what was then a new model of training in technician and senior technician training programs. This approach involved a combination of on-the-job training and classroom theory. This was the institutions first steps towards attaining international standards of training