Around 10 universities are expected to announce their admission scores on the evening of 20/8, after the conclusion of six rounds of virtual filtering. These include Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, University of Economics and Law, and Electric Power University.
Logistics tuition for new university students next year ranges from 16 to 80 million VND, with the highest fees at the University of Economics and Finance and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
Schools in Khanh Hoa are no longer allowed to create their own uniforms. Approximately 440,000 students will wear standard dark blue pants or skirts and white shirts to ease the financial burden on parents.
Curriculum and textbook revisions reflecting new place names after administrative mergers are scheduled for the 2026-2027 school year. Students will continue using current textbooks in the coming year.
Grades 1, 9, and 12 students in Ho Chi Minh City are expected to start school on 18/8, 4 days earlier than the national schedule, according to the Department of Education and Training.
Vocational college and bachelor's programs are setting record-high admission standards, surpassing many well-known universities, as students prioritize job prospects over prestige.
Tuition for business administration programs at 30 popular universities is over 40 million VND per year, with the highest at the University of Economics, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
For over 30 years, the International School Ho Chi Minh City (ISHCMC) has emphasized holistic education with the philosophy of "confidence without arrogance," fostering both intellectual and personal growth.
Having both won national awards and graduated with honors from Hanoi National University of Education, Duc Minh and Duc Sang are returning to teach at Vinh Phuc Specialized High School, a first for the institution.
Le Kien Thanh, the only Vietnamese student to win a gold medal at the 2025 International Olympiad in Informatics, has been awarded 100 million VND, the highest amount awarded by the province in many years.
Public schools from primary to high school levels will be allowed to teach some subjects in foreign languages, prioritizing math, science, and computer science.
The International School Ho Chi Minh City (ISHCMC) announced that 98% of its students qualified for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, achieving an average score of 34 in the 2025 academic year.
From the math class of the Hanoi National University of Education High School for Gifted Students, Thanh Dong and Tung Kien were admitted to two top medical universities and both graduated as valedictorians of Odonto-Stomatology after 6 years.
The number of university applicants using international language certificates, most commonly IELTS, for English language credit or bonus points has increased by 1.5 to 4 times at many universities.
With three gold medals, one silver, and three bronze, Vietnam ranked 4th out of 60 countries and territories at the 2025 International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence (IOAI).
Several programs at Kinh Bac University, including medicine, pharmacy, law, and IT, have been suspended, requiring the university to cancel admissions decisions or transfer students to other institutions.
Stranded at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Quang Minh interrupted his two years of study in China, retook the university entrance exam, and is now the valedictorian of Hanoi National University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Around 33,400 Vietnamese students are currently studying in Australia, the 4th largest international student group and a 54% increase compared to pre-Covid-19 levels.
