DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY FOR LECTURERS IN THE FIELD OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF RESEARCH ORIENTED UNIVERSITIES Pham Van Thuan, Nghiem Thị Thanh (VNU University of Education) Nguyen Thanh Xuan (VNU University of Science) Abstract Fostering the lecturers of research oriented universities should focus on the following activities fostering lecturers based on the required competencies; based on personal aspiration; through the process of performing the tasks of lecturers; sending on secondme[.]