I. Period of Pre - HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
- On 29-09-2003, Ho Chi Minh City Semi-Private Open University Newsletter was established, according to the Decision No. 369/QĐ-ĐHMBC. The Newsletter aimed to internally inform and exchange the scientific activities training, co-operation and other activities that have interest mainly to people who participate in, not for publication.
- On 21-10-2003, the Editorial Board of Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science was first established under the Decision No. 394/2003/ QĐ-ĐHMBC. Only one issue was published under the press license No. 179/GP-SVHTT of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Information (now called Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communication).
- On 29-10-2004, the Editorial Board of Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science was re-established under the Decision No.328/QĐ-ĐHMBC. On 17-02-2005, the press license No.60/GP-XBBT was issued by the Authority of Press - Ministry of Culture and Information. During this period, the Journal has published 10 issues with 195 scientific articles.
II. Period of HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
- On 15-11-2006, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE was officially licensed by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now named the Ministry of Information and Communication), under the printed license No.169/GP- BVHTT.
- On 21-12-2009, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE was granted the International Standard Serial Number code (ISSN 1859 - 3453) by the National Agency for Science and Technology Information of the Ministry of Science and Technology for printed serial publications according to Official Letter 487/TTKHCN-ISSN.
- In 2011, the Journal established six different specialized journals, publishing both English and Vietnamese articles in three specializations: Economics and Business Administration, Engineering and Technology, Social Sciences. On 09-05-2011, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE was recognized and scored by The State Council for Professorship and entered into the Scoring Economics Journals List according to Decision No.14/QĐ-HĐCDGSNN; whereby the interdisciplinary scientific works in Economics filed published in HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE is scored 0-0.5 points.
- On 15-09-2011, the Ministry of Information and Communications re-issued the printed press license under Decision No.1489/GP-BTTTT.
- On 03-06-2013, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE was continuously recognized and scored by The State Council for Professorship in four more disciplinary/interdisciplinary fields: Mechanics (0-0.5 points), Philosophy, Sociology, Politics (0-0.5 points), according to the Decision No.16a/QD-HDCDGSNN. In 2016, the list was continuously extended with the recognization for the Journal's scientific works of Biology (0-0.25 points), Architecture (0-0.5 points), Education (0-0.25 points).
- On 30-06-2020, according to Decision No.18/QĐ-HĐGSNN, The State Council for Professorship recognized an increase in scientific work scores for the scientific articles published by HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE: Economics and Business Administration (0-0.75 points) and Education (0-0.75 points).
- On 07-01-2021, the License No.03/GP-TTĐT issued by the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information - Ministry of Information and Communications approved the establishment of HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE's comprehensive website.
- According to Official Letter No.34/TTKHCN-ISSN dated 18-12-2020 and Official Letter No.01/TTKHCN-ISSN dated 18-01-2021 of The National Agency for Science and Technology Information - Ministry of Science and Technology, 06 separate specialized journals of HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE was granted 06 electronic International Standard Serial Number codes (e-ISSNs) for online publications and 06 electronic International Standard Serial Number codes (e-ISSNs) for online publications, in particular:
Specialized Journal ISSN E-ISSN Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration
(old-version: 1859-3453)
2734-9314
2734-9586 Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences
(old-version: 1859-3453)
2734-9357
2734-9624 Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Engineering and Technology
(old-version: 1859-3453)
2734-9330
2734-9608 HCMCOU Journal of Science - Advances in Computational Structures
2815-6218
2815-6226 Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh
(old-version: 1859-3453)
2734-9306
2734-9578 Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội
(old-version: 1859-3453)
2734-9349
2734-9616 Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kỹ thuật và Công nghệ
(old-version: 1859-3453)
2734-9322
2734-9594 Kỷ yếu
1859-3453
- On 30-08-2021, the Ministry of Information and Communications re-issued the printing and electronic press license under Decision No. 559/GP-BTTTT.
- By August 2021, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE has 06 specialized journals accepted for indexing in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
- On 25-10-2021, Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences is accepted for indexing in the Asean Citation Index (ACI).
- On 29-10-2021, Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration is accepted for indexing in the Asean Citation Index (ACI).
- On 08-11-2021, according to Decision No.26/QĐ-HĐGSNN, The State Council for Professorship recognized an increase in scientific work scores for the scientific articles published by HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE: Biology (0,5 points). On 06-07-2021, according to Decision No.42/QĐ-HĐGSNN, The State Council for Professorship recognized an increase in scientific work scores for the scientific articles published by HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE: Education (1.0 points)
- On 06-07-2023, according to Decision No 22/QĐ-HĐGSNN, The State Council for Professorship recognized an increase in scientific work scores for the scientific articles published by HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE:
- HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS: 1,25 points;
- Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh: 1,00 points;
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences (Philosophy - Sociology - Political Science): 0,50 points;
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Engineering and Technology (Mechanics): 0,50 points.
- On 22-01-2024, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE was accepted into the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc).
- On 09-07-2024, according to Decision No 25/QĐ-HĐGSNN, The State Council for Professorship recognized an increase in scientific work scores for the scientific articles published by HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE:
- Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh: 0-1,00 points;
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration: 0-1,25 points;
- Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Khoa học Xã hội: 0-1,00 points;
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences: 0-1,00 points;
- Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kỹ thuật và Công nghệ: 0-0,75 points;
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Engineering and Technology: 0-0,75 points;
- On 17-07-2024, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE became a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA).
- On 11-07-2025, according to Decision No 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN, The State Council for Professorship recognized an increase in scientific work scores for the scientific articles published by HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE:
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Economics and Business Administration: 0-1,00 points;
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences (Linguistics): 0-0,25 points;
- Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kỹ thuật và Công nghệ (Information Technology): 0-0,25 points;
- Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Engineering and Technology (Information Technology): 0-0,25 points;
- HCMCOU Journal of Science - Advances in Computational Structures: 0-0,25 points.