Today, many boarding schools in Ho Chi Minh City begin the new school year.

This morning (August 18), after the summer break, students from kindergarten, elementary, middle school and high school of the Vietnam-America School System - VA Schools in Ho Chi Minh City returned to school. The exciting welcoming activities for students took place from 7am. After that, students moved to their classes, listened to their homeroom teachers disseminate school rules, and paid more attention to books, school supplies, and time frames for entering class, recess, and boarding at school.

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 1.

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 2. — Students and teachers are excited to start the school year.

This morning, along with the students' school opening ceremony, there was the inauguration ceremony of the system's headquarters at 252 Lac Long Quan, Binh Thoi Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. In the new school year 2025 - 2026, this system's headquarters will have nearly 1,000 students studying from kindergarten to grade 12.

From the first day of school today, students of all levels will start boarding, maintain their study schedule, eat lunch and rest at school, and participate in educational activities at school as during the school year.

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 3. — Foreign teacher greets students in the first period of the new school year

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 4. — Students will start their first day of boarding school for the 2025-2026 school year today.

This morning and afternoon, many parents and students visited the classrooms, functional rooms, STEM learning areas, IT, laboratories, cafeteria, playground, swimming pool... of the students.

Notably, the children's cafeteria is designed with transparent glass doors, convenient for visits and inspections by the school or parents. The kindergarten cafeteria also has cameras in every corner, connected online to parents' mobile devices so that parents can observe their children's meals and meal times remotely.

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 5. — Preschool children during lunch time, cameras are installed in the corners of the cafeteria

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 6. — School staff prepare lunch for elementary, middle and high school students

This morning (August 18) is the first day of school for the new school year 2025 - 2026 for students at Horizon International Bilingual School, An Khanh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City. The summer vacation has ended, the bustling atmosphere of the new school year spreads from the school gate when students meet their teachers and friends again after the summer vacation.

Students of this school will also start implementing the new school year schedule from today, they will study at the boarding school. The school sent a message to the students on the first day of school, hoping that each day at school is a meaningful journey, where they are inspired, develop creativity, and reap success.

Students of kindergarten, primary and secondary schools of the ICS Bilingual School System (Binh Trung Ward, Ho Chi Minh City) returned to school for the new school year 2025 - 2026 this morning. Before that, teachers took care of the classroom space, each wall was brightly lit to welcome the students.

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 7.

Hôm nay nhiều trường ở TP.HCM học bán trú, bắt đầu năm học mới - Ảnh 8. — Classrooms of the ICS Bilingual School system are brightly welcoming students back to school.

Spaces such as libraries, playgrounds, art classrooms, etc. are also waiting for students, starting a new school year with many hopes. The school hopes that from today, students and teachers will explore , grow together, and continue to write good stories of the new school year.

Students at private and international schools attend early boarding; what about public school schedules?

After the Ministry of Education and Training and the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued the 2025-2026 school year schedule for preschool education, general education and continuing education, public primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City announced the school opening, opening and boarding school start schedules for students.

Accordingly, schools will allow first graders to return to school on August 20, August 21, August 22...

Many public primary schools allow students to study 2 sessions/day (with boarding) from September 3, such as Thuan Kieu Primary School (Dong Hung Thuan Ward, Ho Chi Minh City), Nguyen Thi Dinh Primary School (Tan Thuan Ward, Ho Chi Minh City)... Many other schools have started allowing students to study 2 sessions/day, with boarding from September 8.

All schools open on September 5, 2025.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hom-nay-nhieu-truong-o-tphcm-hoc-ban-tru-bat-dau-nam-hoc-moi-185250818131141328.htm