They grew up just one kilometer apart, studied in the same high school class and entered the same university. Four years later, the two Vietnamese friends are graduating as valedictorians with perfect 4.0 GPAs.

Eight students from a Chinese-language class at a Vietnamese high school have been admitted to Tsinghua and Peking universities, two of China’s most prestigious institutions.

A 54-hour social media break led by young Vietnamese is shifting the debate beyond whether platforms should be restricted - toward how a generation raised online can develop healthier relationships with technology.

Pham Phuong Doanh and Pham Thi Hong Hoa are valedictorians who both graduated with a GPA of 3.96 from the University of Economics and Finance, HCMC. Phuong Doanh had an IELTS score of 8.0, while Hong Hoa scored 865 on the TOEIC.

Vietnamese math Olympiad medalist Tran Dai Thanh Danh has earned direct admission to a gifted mathematics program and a four-year scholarship worth about $12,000.

Vietnam is scrambling to address a shortage of more than 3.9 million school textbooks, with the education ministry admitting its demand forecasts failed to keep pace with major changes this academic year.

Vietnam will prioritise investment and ensure the necessary conditions to provide universal preschool education for children aged 5–6.

A specialized English class in Hanoi is celebrating an exceptional admissions season, with students heading to universities in the US, Japan, Italy, Singapore and Australia.

Regarding the restructuring and merger of educational institutions from general education to higher education, VietNamNet conducted an interview with Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son ahead of the 2026–2027 academic year:

Teacher Hoang Thi Hien rushed out to save a 2-year-old boy from an oncoming truck, but her leg was tragically crushed under its wheels.

The Matching Day system, which assigns specialties based on total ranking scores from highest to lowest, has left many young doctors with no choice but to reluctantly “pick” a specialty they do not actually want.

A Hanoi student who specialized in Chinese while maintaining her English has earned a perfect SAT score and become one of the highest-ranked entrants to Vietnam’s Foreign Trade University.

Ngo Minh Hieu, who touched hearts across Vietnam by carrying his disabled friend to school for 10 years, has taken another step toward his childhood dream of becoming a doctor, earning a place in a highly competitive residency program.

One of the highest-scoring entrants to a leading Vietnamese engineering university, Vo Ngoc Thanh Ngan has chosen a male-dominated field with a simple conviction: gender should never define who belongs in STEM.

After dark on a remote mountain in northern Vietnam, adults carrying babies on their backs walk kilometers through the forest to learn to read and write. In one classroom, students from 12 to 60 are starting with first-grade lessons.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology has recorded three students graduating with perfect 4.0 GPAs in the same cohort for the first time in its history.

As Vietnam begins the 2026–2027 school year, Lifebuoy and the Vietnam Young Physicians’ Association are improving facilities, health care and supplies for disadvantaged students in Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Quang Tri.

Six years ago, Nguyen Duc Anh Quan ranked second in Nghe An in the B00 exam subject group (math, chemistry, biology) on the national high school graduation exam, scoring close to a perfect score.

Nha Trang is now home to a primary “mega-school” with more than 10,500 students after a sweeping consolidation aimed at streamlining management and sharing resources.

With the new school year already underway, parents in HCM City are taking time off work and enduring long lines in the heat to find missing textbooks for their children.