Hanoi: Select schools qualified to organize integrated training programs

Hanoi will select qualified schools to pilot integrated training programs in the 2025-2026 school year; and develop a roadmap to expand the scale in the following years.

Conference scene. Photo: Le Nguyen

On August 9, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training held a conference to summarize the pilot project of the dual-degree training program.

On this occasion, the Department also deployed Decree No. 202/2025/ND-CP dated July 11, 2025 of the Government "detailing the conditions, order, procedures, educational programs, granting of diplomas and certificates for implementing educational linkages, teaching integrated educational programs for public preschool and general education institutions of Hanoi city.

Director of Hanoi Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong presented flowers to express gratitude to the program's partners. Photo: Le Nguyen

The dual-degree training program (integrating the Vietnamese national education program with the Cambridge International Program) was implemented from the 2017-2018 school year at Chu Van An High School (now Chu Van An High School for the Gifted). This is also the first public school in the country to implement this program.

In the 2018-2019 school year, the city has 7 public high schools piloting this program at junior high schools: Cau Giay, Nghia Tan, Trung Vuong, Ngo Si Lien, Thanh Xuan, Chu Van An; Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted (in both junior high and high school).

Thus, Hanoi has 8 public schools implementing the pilot program, with an enrollment scale of about 600 students/year. Up to now, 5/8 schools have received codes as Cambridge member schools.

After 7 years of implementation, the investment in facilities and building a team of teachers to teach the integrated program has gradually approached international standards and is ready to be replicated when conditions are met.

Over the implementation period, the Dual Degree Pilot Project has shown the educational effectiveness of a new educational model. Dual degree students demonstrate outstanding abilities in foreign languages, academic thinking and life skills; actively participate in social, volunteer, cultural and sports activities, affirming their mettle and capacity in an integrated and internationally integrated learning environment.

12 groups were awarded Certificates of Merit by the Hanoi People's Committee. Photo: Le Nguyen

The implementation of the Project also helps schools gain more experience in management, especially experience in management according to international standards; build a team of teachers with the capacity to teach international programs; and increase professional capacity and the ability to coordinate teaching integrated programs between Vietnamese and foreign teachers.

Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong said that Decree No. 202/2025/ND-CP has created an important legal corridor, opening a new phase for the implementation of the Dual Degree Project in Hanoi.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training will organize guidance on the implementation of the Decree to the People's Committees of communes, wards and public educational institutions.

Hanoi Department of Education and Training awarded Certificates of Merit to students. Photo: Le Nguyen

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training will select schools that are eligible to participate in the Project in the 2025-2026 school year according to transparent and practical criteria; develop a roadmap for expanding the scale in the following years; and at the same time, issue a plan for inspection and supervision to ensure sustainable quality and compliance with the capital's educational integration orientation.

Source: https://sogd.hanoi.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/ha-noi-chon-truong-du-dieu-kien-to-chuc-dao-tao-chuong-trinh-tich-hop/ct/525/16428