Hanoi has over 2.3 million students for the 2025-2026 academic year, an increase of about 60,000 compared to the previous year.

Lifelong learning must be seen not only as an individual need but also as the key to raising intellectual standards, building human resources, and driving innovation and breakthroughs for rapid and sustainable socio-economic development.

The Government has rolled out a resolution endorsing an action plan to follow the Politburo’s Resolution No. 71 dated August 22, 2025, targeting sweeping reforms in education and training to propel the nation into the global elite.

The Ministry of Education will roll out Lao, Cambodian, Thai, and Indonesian language programs starting in 2026 as part of a broader multilingual education reform.

By 2026, students in Vietnam will take national exams digitally, marking a key milestone in the country’s education transformation.

Parents across Vietnam are clashing over new school timetables, with many expressing frustration about Saturday classes and inconsistent dismissal times.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has outlined seven breakthrough tasks and solutions to advance Vietnam’s education system and contribute to the two centenary goals.

Vietnam plans to implement a unified national textbook set starting in 2026, with full subsidies for students by 2030 under a new education reform resolution.

From mathematics to cardiology, Vietnam’s 2025 professorship nominees include standout talents under 40.

At over 70 years old, Pham Ngoc Hong diligently attended lectures in traditional medicine. Before that, he had earned two bachelor’s degrees from two different universities when he was over 60.

The city launched the final year of a major program to prepare public school teachers to deliver bilingual Cambridge curriculum courses in English.

Hoang Ngoc Vinh, PhD, believes that while the university admission process have seen bold reforms overall, the lack of standardization, inflated admission scores, and persisting unfairness are critical issues that must not be ignored.

The HCMC Education and Training Department has made a series of adjustments since the beginning of the new academic year, and clarified which fees parents must pay for full-day schooling.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son shares his thoughts below on the opportunities, challenges and key actions the education sector will undertake in the 2025-2026 academic year and the near future.

Tens of universities, including top-tier schools, have had to conduct additional admissions and seek more students for popular majors such as medicine, dentistry, literature, history, and geography.

A girl once known for athleticism now shines in Vietnam’s traditional medicine field.

Once the weakest in her English class and struggling to keep up, Nguyen Huong Giang made a breakthrough six years later, when she was admitted to master's and PhD programs at nine top global universities, and offered five scholarships.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Education supports the launch of GK eBooks, an advanced digital textbook platform that marks a major step forward in the nation's education digitalization.

The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2026 will bring 3,000 participants from 80 countries to Vietnam's capital.

Party General Secretary To Lam presided over a meeting on implementing the Politburo's Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in education and training development in Hanoi on September 9.