Vietnam-Australia School, Hanoi Explained

Vietnam-Australia School, Hanoi
Established:2007
Type:Private, semi-international, coeducational, primary, secondary and high school
Head Name:Second Master
Head Name2:Assistant Headmaster
Grades:1–12
Streetaddress:Mỹ Đình 1 Residential Area
City:Hanoi
Country:Vietnam
Free Label:Emblem
Website:www.vashanoi.edu.vn

Vietnam-Australia School, Hanoi (VAS Hanoi) is a semi-international school established in pursuant to decision No 1452/QD-UBND dated 13 April 2007 of the People’s Committee of Hanoi.

VAS Hanoi follows the Vietnamese Curriculum in preschool, primary, secondary and high school. All sections of the school are located together on the one campus, in My Dinh 1 residential area.

With 12 years of development, VAS Hanoi is one of the leading semi-international schools in Vietnam with nearly 1200 students.

In 2013, VAS Hanoi was one of the first two schools in Hanoi to be recognized as Cambridge International School registered number VN235 by Cambridge Assessment International Education.[1] The school has been qualified to teach three international Cambridge programs: Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary and Cambridge Upper Secondary – IGCSE.

In 2019, VAS Hanoi becomes the first school in Vietnam to be accredited as "Cambridge Assessment English Partnership School" by Cambridge Assessment English.[2]

Experienced native English teachers from a variety of English-speaking nations are selected by Australian strategic partner Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney – PLC Sydney school, trained annually both at home and abroad, and committed to long-term,  full-time employment at VAS Hanoi.

Education model

Vietnamese curriculum (MOET)

VAS Hanoi follows the Vietnamese curriculum in preschool, primary, secondary and high school.

Cambridge curriculum

VAS Hanoi was one of the first two schools in Hanoi to be recognized as a Cambridge International School, registered number VN235 in 2013. To be accredited, VAS Hanoi underwent a strict process of evaluation of its teachers, curriculum and facilities. The school has been qualified to teach three international Cambridge programs:

At VAS Hanoi Preschool, children study with native-speaking teachers from 15–17 periods per week.

Co-curriculum

Partner school

PLC Sydney[4] is an Australian private school established in the late 1880s on the UK model. In recent years, they both have continuously been in the top group in the New South Wales HSC School ranking.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cambridge Program - Trường Quốc tế Việt-Úc Hà Nội (Tiểu học, THCS, THPT) - VAS Hanoi. vashanoi.edu.vn. 10 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Trường Quốc tế Liên cấp Việt-Úc Hà Nội (VAS Hanoi) là trường đầu tiên của Việt Nam trở thành Trường Đối tác của Hội đồng Khảo thí tiếng Anh Đại học Cambridge. www.cambridgeenglish.org. 10 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Happy Women's Day. vietnamnews.vn. 10 May 2019.
  4. Web site: PLC Sydney . 2012-01-12 . PLC Sydney.
  5. Web site: Partnership - Trường Quốc tế Việt-Úc Hà Nội (Tiểu học, THCS, THPT) - VAS Hanoi. vashanoi.edu.vn. 10 May 2019.