Education in Viet Nam
A glance at the education system in Vietnam
Literature on Vietnam’s education system:
General information about the education system
Current situation of Vietnamese education (MOET)
Vietnam Primary School Report
Summary of the Teaching of Philosophy in Vietnam (Rushsap, Unesco)
Education Vietnam Development (World Bank)
Education Reform
PreK-12
Primary Education in Vietnam (Ha Trang & Trudy Harpham)
Problems on Primary School-based in-service training (Eisuke Saito & Atsushi Tsukui & Yoshitaka Tanaka)
Reading & Mathematics Assessment - Vol1 (World Bank)
Reading & Mathematics Assessment - Vol2 (World Bank)
Reading & Mathematics Assessment - Vol3 (World Bank)
Higher Education
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











