Students did not go to school for the last several months, but international schools have asked parents to pay tuition as usual.

Wealthy Vietnamese tend to use services provided by ‘international schools’ and ‘international hospitals’ as they believe ‘international’ means ‘high quality’. But in fact, the service quality there is not ‘international’.

There are numerous ‘international schools’, but state management agencies say all of them are not recognized as ‘international’.

VietNamNet Bridge - Some limitations on foreign investment in education have been removed with the release of a new decree.

VietNamNet Bridge - More and more investors have injected money into the educational sector as it is considered a gold mine, experts have said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Urban parents are rushing to bring their children to a dermatoglyphics analysis service with the hope of understanding more about their children’s abilities.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam has more than 130,000 students studying abroad, while only 2,000 foreign students are studying in Vietnam. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese parents want to send their children to international schools, but fear that the children would become ‘westernized’ and lose the ‘Vietnamese nature’.

VietNamNet Bridge - A teacher at an international school in HCM City has angered the public after calling the first grader a donkey. The child insisted on withdrawing from school after the insult.

VietNamNet Bridge – As the summer heat subsides and families return to the city after vacation, schools are starting to call students back for revision before the academic year begins in September.

VietNamNet Bridge – Though enjoying special preferences, the international universities of excellence still find it difficult to enroll students.