The article addresses the needs of educational system in context of rapidly developing globalization and explores internationalization of higher education as one of the main factors which contributes to integration of international dimension to professional training at universities. | VNU Journal of Science: Policy and Management Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2 (2017) 184-192 Internationalization in Higher Education in Russia: Challenges, Lessons and Prospects of Collaboration with Vietnam Natalia Kraevskaia1,2,* 1 VNU International School, Building G7, 144 Xuan Thuy, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Russian State University for the Humanities (Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies), Miusskaya sq. 6, Moscow, GSP-3, 125993, Russia 2 Received 25 April 2017 Revised 11 June 2017; Accepted 28 June 2017 Abstract: The article addresses the needs of educational system in context of rapidly developing globalization and explores internationalization of higher education as one of the main factors which contributes to integration of international dimension to professional training at universities. Different components and strategies of internationalization, such as strong collaboration in teaching, internationalization of the curriculum, cooperation in researches and knowledge production, students and professors‟ mobility, and participation in international networks are analyzed in connection to education reform in Russia. The article provides the comparison of internationalization policies in Russian and Vietnamese education systems, argues that innovations in higher education should be adjusted to the national interests, traditions and mentality and finally describes new strategies in collaboration of Russia and Vietnam in the field of education. Keywords: Higher education, internationalization, reforms, collaboration of Vietnam and Russia. The economic and political forces of ongoing globalization forge such a worldwide educational platform where common knowledge and integration of scientific researches play the key role in order to create a „knowledge society‟ which is capable to maintain all innovations in technique, technology, information and communication. Thus globalization is in need of internationalization of education which would provide the .
