An MOET (Ministry of Education & Training) report shows that by the end of 2016, Vietnam had over 11,000 professors and associate professors. However, only one-third of professors and associate professors now work for universities, which means that each university has only 20 professors or associate professors. Le Viet Khuyen, former director of the MOET Higher Education Department, said Vietnam has numerous professors and associate professors, but has few “knowledge transmitters”. The State Professorship Council denied that Vietnam has too many professors, saying that the ratio of professors remains modest. This means that each professor and associate professor had 1.3 scientific research works published, lower than the expected four to six articles for professors and three for associate professors.