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Welcome to Weekly Highlights 31/10/2025

The journey to your dream university is not only filled with aspirations but also challenges. At the heart of this journey lies the personal statement—a mirror reflecting each student’s individuality. If written with sincerity and conviction, it can become the key to open that door. But how can you write a statement that truly resonates with the admissions committee?

Exam season can be a lot to bear. Kids are stressed and tired and, as parents, we feel frazzled too. We worry about their stress but also about the results. How could we not? The world is competitive and grades, or marks, matter. We want our kids to have as many options as possible.

A school tour is the perfect opportunity to go beyond brochures and experience a school firsthand. From a welcoming environment to world-class facilities and academic excellence, discover five key things to look for when choosing the right school for your child.

Find out about what bilingual education is and the benefits of bilingual education with the British Vietnamese International School Ho Chi Minh City.

Luke Curran, College & University Guidance Counsellor, was interviewed to share with parents what their Secondary children can do to give their university application an extra edge, how parents can find out more about possible university scholarships and what are these universities’ scholarship eligibility criteria, and what international qualifications are most popular with leading world universities.

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What is a 'blended learning' approach?

Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards are a group of awards issued by Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Joining BVIS HCMC’s community from Bac Lieu Gifted High School in 2017, our Year 11 student – Thien Dang described his new learning journey at BVIS as “super dynamic and full of opportunities”.

Year 3 student from BVIS HCMC, Leo M. K enjoyed many memorable experiences at the recent I Can Children Global Summit in Rome, Italy.

With an impressive academic achievement and profile, our Class of 2019 Alumna - Kaysie – Thanh Nha Ngo is one of three students in the world who won the $140,000 scholarship for her four-year study at York University, Canada in 2019.  

Good language expression makes the process of reasoning and presenting an idea more coherent and precise. The creativity that is also cultivated through art appreciation assist children in visualising the problem and logical reasoning in mathematics.

Play is powerful and fundamental to children during their early years.

This article outlines the far-reaching benefits of music that stretch way beyond the subject itself and why music is an indispensable part of any academic programme.

Climbing is not only great exercise but helps students to develop resilience and problem solving skills. Find out how climbing benefits your child mentally and physically.

In an increasingly globalised world speaking two languages rather than just one, has obvious practical benefits linked to job opportunities and higher income potential. However, in recent years, scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more significant than being able to converse with a wider range of people.

Curious minds in high demand

As part of our collaboration with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the staff at BVIS have designed an engaging and stimulating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) curriculum for BVIS students.