Education in Viet Nam

OVERVIEW ON VIETNAM’S EDUCATION SYSTEM

This summary is to provide you general information on Vietnam’s education system.

1.  Current National Education System in Vietnam

The national education system consists of formal education and continuing education and includes the following levels:

  • Pre-primary education with nursery and kindergartens;
  • General education with primary education, lower secondary education, and upper secondary education;
  • Professional education with professional secondary education and vocational training;
  • Higher education with college, undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees.

Schools in the national educational system are organized in the following forms:

  • Public schools;1
  • People-founded schools;2 and
  • Private schools.3

2.  Statistics and Legal Framework

      2.1. Statistics for the period from 1999 to 2011

Source: MOET’s website

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