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An unforgettable experience in Houston Texas, that taught our students about leadership, collaboration and a united commitment in designing creative solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. We hear directly from Devon, Martin, and SeeEun as they share their inspiring journey in a beautifully written blog—capturing every moment, reflection, and discovery along the way.

As we eagerly await the IBDP results, we take a look at the incredible offers received by our graduating class of 2025. They have already achieved remarkable success, receiving countless offers from the world’s leading institutions. They've received an outstanding 21 offers from 6 of the top 10 universities globally, including Imperial College London, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, National University Singapore (NUS), and University College London (UCL).

Students at BIS HCMC continue to achieve outstanding results on the global stage. This year, six of our graduates received a total of twelve offers from South Korea’s most prestigious universities, including all three “SKY” universities — Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University — as well as KAIST, SKKU, Hanyang University, and Chung-Ang University.

At BIS HCMC, our story is one of connection, continuity, and care — a place where learning begins with curiosity and ends with confident, compassionate graduates ready to shape the world. Earlier this year, we witnessed a moving reminder of this journey, as eighteen members of our Year 13 Class of 2025 returned to the place where it all began: Early Years Foundation Stages.

A team of BIS HCMC students has made history at the prestigious Conrad Challenge, held recently at the Space Center in Houston, Texas. Competing against over 4,700 teams from more than 50 countries, the BIS team won first place in both of the categories they entered – Best Power Pitch and the Glinsky Expo Award – an unprecedented achievement in the challenge's history.

We are thrilled with the success of our Class of 2025 graduates, with eleven students receiving multiple offers to the top three Canadian universities!  Congratulations to all of you! This year, we are proud to see no other than nine students receive offers from the University of Toronto with many of these students receiving offers also for McGill University and The University of British Columbia.  These prestigious institutions are ranked as the top three universities in Canada and in the top 40 universities globally!

Our Senior Educators from BIS HCMC joined over 200 international teachers and leaders from Nord Anglia Education schools at the South East Asia, Middle East and India (SEAMEI) Teaching & Learning Conference 2025 in Abu Dhabi, during Term 2. This prestigious event united outstanding minds in education to explore key themes shaping the future of teaching and learning: leadership, resilience, innovation, and inclusion.

Meet Michelle - a BIS HCMC Year 13 student who transformed an unexpected pandemic move into a journey of leadership and academic success. We sat down with her to unlock the secrets to her success and how she secured a spot at Harvard, alongside 8 other US universities. 

As our Year 13s and Year 11s begin their study leave and start to prepare for their International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) and International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exams, we are sure some of our parents might wonder what they can do to help their child through this challenging time, to support their wellbeing and overall success. Luckily our Advice, Support and Counselling (ASC) team has shared 6 top tips for parents to help their child persevere during exam season.

BIS-Aware season on the Secondary campus was an opportunity to explore the breadth and depth of who ‘We Are’ as individuals and communities, it provided a platform to explore the Protected Characteristics, the hidden and lesser known stories that celebrate our strength and diversity. The purpose of this inaugural event was to promote Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB) to nurture a supportive community that encourages a sense of social responsibility and inclusion. This brings together both worldwide movements such as Black History Month and Women's History Month but also our own ‘in-house’ awareness event from the Identity Alliance group. This year our theme was ‘Sharing Stories’.

Our Empowerment Club, with students from Year 7 to Year 12, carefully planned a series of activities for their peers for Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March. We visited the club to chat with their leaders Anvvita, Axelle and Tu Anh. 

On Saturday 11th November, our secondary robotics team and their two robots, BIS A and BIS B headed to SSIS in District 7, for their first ever VEX robotics tournament. Despite only having 1 robot built the week before and not having much time to practice, the team had a tremendously successful run battling against other schools, making it to the quarter and semi-finals!

At BIS HCMC we deliver in school a comprehensive wellbeing curriculum to provide our students with the tools, resources and support to balance their social, physical, emotional and mental health. As part of this, we also look at preventative measures to ensure the safety of our students beyond BIS and equip them with knowledge and skills for both today and their future success in the wider world.  This term we were extremely fortunate to welcome back into school experts from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City’s Regional Security Office (RSO) to discuss more on the topic of drugs and substance abuse with some of our students and parents.

You may have heard towards the end of the last academic year that our Secondary students will be switching to a two-week timetable, either at our parent workshop led by Deputy Head of Curriculum and Learning, Mr Lee Falconer, in our weekly update or directly from your child. But what does this mean and why change? How will this benefit learning and the educational experience at BIS HCMC?

Changes to our curriculum with the introduction of our 2 week timetable have allowed us to introduce an extra skills-based literacy lesson, called reciprocal reading. The small group sessions help students decode texts, delve into the deeper meaning and learn new vocabulary in a student-led setting. Literacy has been shown to have an affect on success across all subject matters and even affect GCSE results across subjects like maths, art and history. 

Relive our phenomenal IB Visual Arts Exhibition at The World ArtSpace in District 2 showcasing the art pieces of our 7 higher-level IB Arts students. Over 70 pieces were displayed in a range of formats from oil on canvas to hanging installations, sculpture, photography, textiles and even a Tracey Emin-inspired pandemic pillow installation.

During the month of February, our secondary students celebrated Black History Month through a range of cross-curricular activities. Discover how they recognised and celebrated the achievements of black figures in history through Art, Music, Literature and Politics. 

The winners of the book review competition of 2022 share their reviews. Congratulations to Jessica (13H), Tram Anh (12M), JuWon (7V) and Sofia (10C).

On Saturday 26th May, BIS HCMC took 3 teams to the Junior Saigon Mathematics Competition held at ISHCMC.

The Science team and students at BIS HCMC Secondary Campus are looking forward to welcoming the new Year 7 students in August 2018.  Our teachers  are constantly striving to ensure the Year 6 students from the Junior Campus have a smooth transition into Year 7. To this end, they have created a unique transition programme within Science.