International school with the most expensive tuition in Vietnam, 1 billion VND/school year

According to statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the city currently has 20 schools teaching bilingual programs or programs from the UK, US, Canada, and Australia, commonly known as international schools.

These schools are planning to enroll students for the 2023-2024 school year. Most international schools plan to increase tuition fees by VND10-90 million/year compared to last year. Specifically, at preschool level, tuition fees range from VND122-487 million/year, primary school is about VND126-599 million/year, secondary and high school from VND210-923 million.

International school with the most expensive tuition in Vietnam, 1 billion VND/school year - 1 — International School of Ho Chi Minh City (ISHCMS).

Ho Chi Minh City International School (ISHCMC) is always among the schools with the highest tuition fees in Ho Chi Minh City and across the country. In 2023 - 2024, tuition fees for grades 11 and 12 reached a record of 932.6 million VND/year, an increase of 61.3 million VND compared to the 2022 - 2023 school year. Tuition fees from grades 1 to 10 range from 624 to 809 million VND/year.

At the same time, to maintain the annual study, parents will have to pay an additional 67.5 million VND/year (paid separately each year from grade 1 to 12) and 337.5 million VND if paying for the entire course from grade 1 to 10. Thus, the total amount parents have to pay for their children to study at this school can be up to 1 billion VND/school year.

Vietnam Australia International School (VAIS), the highest tuition fee for the 2023-2024 school year is for grade 12 at over VND498 million/year. The tuition fee for grade 1 is also VND247 million/year, an increase of more than VND20 million compared to the previous school year.

Renaissance Saigon International School is one of the schools with the strongest tuition increase for the 2023-2024 school year. For preschool, the highest level is 360 million VND/year, for primary school from 491 - 556 million VND/year (increasing gradually from grade 1 to grade 5). Compared to last year, the tuition fee for the 2023-2024 school year increased by about 50 million VND.

International School of North America (SNA), for the 2023-2024 school year, tuition fees from grades 1 to 12 in different programs range from VND 463 million/year to VND 732 million/year, an increase of about VND 30 million compared to the 2022-2023 school year.

Some bilingual schools teaching the Cambridge program also recorded an increase in tuition fees. For example, at the British Vietnamese International School (BVIS), from grades 1 to 12, tuition fees in the 2023-2024 school year range from VND435 - 588 million/year, an increase of about VND20 - 30 million compared to the 2022-2023 school year.

Estimated tuition fees for international schools in the 2022 - 2023 school year (unit: million VND/school year):

STT	School	Kindergarten	Elementary	High School	Popular
1	Renaissance International Saigon	179 - 360	491 - 556	556 - 623	623 - 726
2	Saigon Pearl International	236 - 354	404 - 539	-	-
3	North American International	-	463	596	596 - 723
4	American International Vietnam	280 - 435	450 - 500	600 - 650	650 - 725
5	South Saigon International	442 - 487	599	639 - 752	-
6	Canada International	349	531 - 559	611 - 677	679 - 824
7	American International	228 - 314	507 - 514	573	636 - 689
8	Australian International	271 - 280	509 - 582	588 - 677	678 - 774
9	Vietnam-UK International	237 - 320	435 - 441	441 - 528	540 - 588
10	Pennsylvania American International	-	126 - 283	156 - 324	167 - 385
11	South American Popular	125	158 -167	210 - 218	260 -269
12	EMASI International Bilingual	124 -130	150 - 182	221 - 379	274 - 442
13	Vietnam Australia International	122 - 185	136 - 247	189 - 335	325 - 498
14	Wellspring Saigon International Bilingual School	-	213 - 226	257 - 289	320 - 365
15	Ho Chi Minh City International	255 - 457	624 - 684	774	809 - 923