Hanoi University of Science and Technology, is the first and largest technical university and the most prestigious university in Vietnam. After the Viet Cong took control of Hanoi in 1956, the Soviet Union helped North Vietnam to build a new technical university as a frame for university education. The construction took about two years from the grounds o…Hanoi University of Science and Technology, is the first and largest technical university and the most prestigious university in Vietnam. After the Viet Cong took control of Hanoi in 1956, the Soviet Union helped North Vietnam to build a new technical university as a frame for university education. The construction took about two years from the grounds of an old campus of Indochina University during the French colonial period. The building was the largest one in Hanoi.