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Our Junior students are settling into their new classes and routines.

I hope you and your families are well at this difficult time for the community here in HCMC. It is so pleasing that our students and teachers have had such a successful start to the year, despite these conditions. My thanks to each of them for their hard work and commitment.

Adapting to Virtual School and ensuring that the tools for communication and collaboration are in place.

As I write this first update of the new academic year, it is with great pride at how our school has pulled together to start the new academic year so successfully. To commence a new academic year with every student, every teacher and every member of our support staff physically apart, away from campus, each working in their own homes- is an incredible feat.

We know that when it comes to choosing a school for your child, there are many factors to consider. Between public, private and international schools, a lot of choices exist, but which school is the right one? Here we share some of the top reasons why an international education with us is a great decision for your child.

Students, teachers, parents and school community members at The British International School, Ho Chi Minh City are celebrating exceptional results in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) for the 2020/21 academic school year. The best IBDP results so far in the history of the school.

We are often asked when the ‘right time’ is for conversations at-home or in school to be had around making decisions for the future. Rather than recommend a specific time in which these decisions need to be made, we suggest instead that all of our parents keep in mind the key milestones in the secondary school calendar and how decisions at each of these stages help to open up potential future pathways and opportunities.

Year 13 BIS HCMC student Hanako Kawasaki epitomises the word ‘ambitious’. With only 5 years of golfing experience, Hanako has this year been crowned the winner of the Vietnam Junior Open, making her one of the best amateur golfers in the country.

3 students representing BIS HCMC are published in the 2018 Nord Anglia Creative Writing and Visual Arts Anthology after being shortlisted from over 4000 fellow NAE students.

Raghav Dwivedi, a Year 6 student at British International School, HCMC, is a huge fan of the Young Samurai series of books by author Chris Bradford. Clearly inspired, he is proving that the pen is definitely mightier than the sword.

As a Year 10 student here at the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City, our incredible musician Sanny is awarded an internationally recognised ABRSM Diploma in performance on piano, equivalent to a higher level education certificate.

Alice graduated from The British International School, Ho Chi Minh City with a perfect score of 45 in her IB Diploma, matched by less than 0.1% of students worldwide in 2020.

Some individuals may work a lifetime to have a piece of work published, Lolo Pham has done that whilst still in Year 11.

Joshua grew up in South Korea, before moving to Singapore and then Vietnam where he transferred to BIS HCMC in Year 12 to focus on his IB Diploma.

At the British International School, Ho Chi Minh City we believe there is no limit to what your child can achieve socially, personally and academically.

Evan Planchon graduated in the Class of 2015 after completing both his IGCSEs and IB Diploma Programme at BIS HCMC

In September 2015, five pioneering secondary students from British International School, Ho Chi Minh City represented their school and Vietnam at the internationally acclaimed F1 in Schools World Finals 2015.

The Green Family relocated from Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh City in 2016. After 3 years in Vietnam, they have recently moved on to pastures new in the United Kingdom. Here we speak to mum Nicky about her family’s experience at the British International School Ho Chi Minh City.

In 2014 the Fethke Family relocated from the Czech Republic to Ho Chi Minh City with the German technology company Bosch.

Past student of BIS HCMC, Fatima Siraj talks to us about the launch of her debut publication; Walk With Me.