A special 2021-2022 school year of VAS students

A variety of extracurricular activities maintained

Flexibly improvising in any situation, VAS has implemented dozens of interesting extracurricular activities throughout the school year, including inspirational sharing sessions VAS Talks, contests on painting, writing, community projects… during the online learning period or the exciting live playgrounds such as English Speaking contest, VAS’s Got Talent, school camping or field trips. It is these diverse activities outside the classroom that foster VAS students’ creativity and responsibility to the community, help them gain experience to conquer big stages and provide them with a springboard to build a convincing “profile” when applying for scholarships to study abroad.

The writing and painting contests “VAS through my eyes” were held online with more than 1,300 works submitted and more than 200 students, teachers, and parents attended the exhibition and award ceremony

VAS's Got Talent is still the most anticipated stage of thousands of artistic talents across the whole VAS system with 30 performances entering the final round.

After Covid-19, young English speakers pursued the theme "Happiness, health and prosperity" at the VAS English Speaking Contest 2022

Impressive academic achievements

In addition, the academic achievements of VAS students are maintained at the highest level in both the Cambridge international programme and the national education programme. They have won more than 500 awards in the competitions of Excellent Student, International Math, English Champion, TOEFL Junior… from district, city to national and international levels with 5 topics of students participating in ” Scientific Research” projects organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training.

Especially, VAS has 25 high school students who won scholarships to study in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, Switzerland… with a total value of more than VND52 billion. In which, two 12th graders including Chu Ngoc Ha Uyen from Ba Thang Hai campus and Nguyen Hoang Nam from Sala campus excellently won 6-7 full scholarships at prestigious universities in the U.S., with the highest rate is up to US$152,000 for 4 years studying at Michigan State University. At the lower grade level, Isahak Xuan Tung Bin Anis, grade 10, and Nguyen Ngoc Minh Phuong, grade 8 also won 4-6 high school scholarships at the same time in the U.S. and Canada.

With preschool students, VAS gives priority to providing children with exciting experiences in class while ensuring the goals of cognitive, emotional, physical and skill development of each age.

In the Cambridge programme, 25% of students in grades 1-8 achieved 3 absolute points of A*-A in all 3 subjects of Math, English and Science.

Truong Quang Phuoc, class 11G4, Garden Hills campus won the “Top In Country” award for Math with a nearly absolute point of 99/100 in the IGCSE exam of Cambridge.

More than 300 academic and talent awards from city to international level.

VAS has 25 grade 12 students who won scholarships to study abroad in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, Switzerland… with a total value of more than VND52 billion.