Ho Chi Minh City parents worry as some schools face losing ‘international’ label
EducationParents who pay large sums in annual tuition, up to tens of thousands of U.S. dollars, to send their children to schools self-designated as ‘international,’ ‘national’ and ‘Vietnam’ are worried about their schools’ future as Ho Chi Minh City education authorities review school names and require institutions with misleading names to change them by September 17, 2027.
Nearly 3,000 Hanoi students switch to online learning after deadly school fire
Vietnam NewsNearly 3,000 students at Kim Lien Middle School in Kim Lien Ward, Hanoi are temporarily switching to online learning after a fire at the school's temporary campus killed one person on Thursday, as authorities investigate the cause and review fire safety at educational facilities across the Vietnamese capital.
7th grader in Ho Chi Minh City awarded First-Class Labor Order
EducationTa Ngoc Cat Tuong, a seventh-grade student in Ho Chi Minh City, has won numerous gold medals at international aerobic gymnastics competitions and been awarded the First-Class Labor Order by the State President of Vietnam.
Foreign teacher assault incident prompts language teaching partnership inspections in southern Vietnamese city
EducationFollowing an incident in which a foreign teacher was filmed assaulting four students at Viet Hoa Elementary, Secondary and High School in September, authorities in Can Tho City, southern Vietnam have ordered tighter supervision of foreign language teaching programs.
Ho Chi Minh City announces 20-year plan to make English second language in schools
EducationThe Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has announced a three-phase roadmap for implementing a project to make English a second language in schools, with the goal of gradually expanding English-language education across the city’s education system between 2026 and 2045.
Da Nang dissolves 122 non-compliant foreign language centers in January-October
EducationDa Nang City in central Vietnam disbanded 122 foreign language centers that failed to meet operating requirements from the beginning of the year to October 30, as part of a broader crackdown on violations following the prosecution of the director of an English center accused of illegally offering a foreign general education program.
King’s College Wimbledon Ho Chi Minh City celebrates topping out of campus at The Global City
EducationKing’s College Wimbledon Ho Chi Minh City (King’s HCMC) held a topping-out ceremony at its campus in The Global City, marking the completion of the main structure of school buildings and the core structural works of the campus, a significant milestone in its development, the school said in a press release in October 25.
In Vietnam, school attendance becomes legal obligation, not just right
EducationThe Vietnamese government’s Decree No. 353 officially takes effect on Sunday, establishing compulsory education requirements for elementary and secondary education, collectively referred to as compulsory education.
Over 96% of Ho Chi Minh City preschool teachers fall short of B2 proficiency
EducationJust 3.11 percent of preschool teachers in Ho Chi Minh City have attained B2-level English proficiency or higher, prompting the municipal Department of Education and Training to map out a training program to raise standards and allocate funding for its 2026-45 strategy to make English a second language.
University teaching assistants in Vietnam required to have AI, foreign-language skills
EducationVietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training has introduced new requirements for university teaching assistants, including professional qualifications, the ability to apply information technology and artificial intelligence (AI), and foreign-language proficiency.
