The year of 2024 is a remarkable milestone in the 13-year journey of the British Vietnamese International School HCMC in driving academic excellence with outstanding successes.
Throughout its history, BVIS has embodied its mission of cultivating knowledge set by Mr Maurice and Madam Rosie Nguyen - the former Founders and Directors of the renowned BIS Group of Schools.
After the success of the British International School - Ho Chi Minh City (Official), Mr Maurice and Madam Rosie recognized the common concern of Vietnamese parents in seeking an international style of education that nurtures a young, talented, ambitious generation who thrive within a global environment but without losing their home language, culture and traditions. Led by this thrilling ambition to develop a truly global citizen with a Vietnamese perspective, they developed a unique international educational model for BVIS.
The official Opening Ceremony at BVIS HCMC started in August 2011 to welcome the very first families and students joining an innovative and exciting learning environment which is home to the world-renowned British style education with a truly unique Vietnamese perspective.
The first Tet Festival was held in 2012 in celebration of the Vietnamese tradition, welcoming more than 1000 participants. Our families and friends bonded together through diverse folk games that celebrated the essence of the traditional Tet. It is in our roots to preserve and promote aesthetic cultural values, while embracing the rich and beautiful history of Vietnam to nurture the Vietnamese language, culture and identity within our community.
The school production of the classic Broadway hit 'Little Shop of Horrors' started the tradition that is well established today. Their hard work paid off and they wowed audiences with their acting, singing and dancing talents.
May 24th 2014 was a remarkable milestone in our school's history, when the first graduating class of 10 alumni tossed their caps in the spirit of great joy and pride from teachers and families, marking the first generation of students who graduated from BVIS.
Tran Trong Tan Khoa, freshman in Business Management at Durham University, England, one of our first 10 graduates shared this moment with great appreciation: "We, the class of 2014, are going to start a new chapter in our lives. This is going to be a life-changing milestone that marks a new journey."
In March 2015, the BIS Group of Schools including BVIS HCMC became a member of the prestigious #NordAnglia Education. By joining the world's leading premium school’s organisation, this has driven BVIS as well as the BIS family in Vietnam to achieve greater excellence and reinforce our leading position in the international education.
The #Penguin campaign to promote environmental awareness took place in March 2016 with a BVIS teacher embarking on an international expedition to Antarctica led by Sir Robert Swan.
As part of its drive to promote global mindset, BVIS has always been championing one of the key contemporary global issues – environmental protection in Viet Nam. 2016 was a big highlight for Project Penguin at BVIS. Ms Lan, former BVIS Environmental Ambassador, left Vietnam to go to Antarctica, where she joined the educational climate change voyage Expedition 2041 led by Robert Swan.
In the same year, BVIS HCMC takes pride that we're the only international bilingual school in Ho Chi Minh City that is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS). Our school is honored to receive this prestigious international accreditation in January 2016, just a few years after the school was established, which is a great testimony to the quality of teaching and education contribution at BVIS.
BVIS embarked on the largest fundraising campaign in its history in 2017, creating more than 1000 artworks in an exhibition that will help pay for disadvantaged children with congenital heart disease and needs emergency operation. Under the name of 'Have a Heart', the campaign successfully raises 500 million VND - enough to pay for the life-saving operation of 6 children. The outstanding project with a significant impact helps our school shortlisted for the Community Initiative of the Year by the TES Independent School Award.
In line with the partnership between Nord Anglia Education and MIT, 4 students from BVIS had a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to visit the MIT Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States for the annual MIT-Nord Anglia STEAMFest. Working with students across the world, BVIS students took part in innovative hands-on workshops organized by professors and researchers at the top of their field, as well as visiting MIT and Harvard to get a taste of student life at these prestigious universities. Nord Anglia Education and MIT strive to encourage students to be ambitious and set their sights higher by fostering a global perspective throughout their learning with the STEAM subjects.
Gathering over 230 young atheletes from 10 different schools across 6 countries in Southeast Asia, BVIS successfully hosted the fourth U11 Nord Anglia Southeast Asia Games at the most vibrant city of Vietnam. This is an exciting three-day programme packed with Basketball & T-Ball categories, along with bonding activities and chance to meeting new friends across our NAE family schools in our South East Asia region.
BVIS was proud to be shortlisted for the 2021 International School Awards in the Safeguarding Initiative category - only 3 schools worldwide were finalists for this award!
BVIS is honored to be shortlisted for the Safeguarding initiative at the International Schools Award (ISA) 2021! Some of the best practices in learning, teaching, leadership and international impact will be recognized at the ceremony in London. The awards help to raise awareness of some of the exceptional initiatives being successfully implemented in international schools. It is a well-deserved honor for BVIS to be nominated for this prestigious awards after all of the incredible work by our staffs in ensuring an absolute safety for our school community.
BVIS HCMC has been granted accreditation status by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The announcement was made after the school successfully completed a joint Preparatory Evaluation visit with CIS, to evaluate the school’s educational mission, vision and values, its quality of learning and student outcomes and the overall pastoral care in relation to WASC membership criteria. The final report from the WASC Accreditation Committee highlighted the many strengths of the school whilst also including their recommendations for future improvement. The school is now undergoing a further detailed self-evaluation process in preparation for a joint CIS and WASC team visit that is scheduled for March 2022.
We received the Great Innovation in Education Award from Britcham.
The annual BritCham Awards Gala was organised successfully by the British Chamber of Commerce and was held at the Reverie Hotel, HCMC on Friday 10th June 2022. Many well-established, leading British enterprises attended the event.
The BritCham Board once again recognised our school’s success as the leading bilingual international school in Vietnam, as BVIS HCMC won the award for ‘Great Innovation in Education’, thanks to our bilingual phonics programme that have been developed across the school over the last 8 years.
We are proud to be shortlisted as a Top 10 school across the world for Innovation in the World’s Best School Prizes 2023. The "World's Best School Awards” honour schools that make a difference in the quality of teaching and have a positive impact on students, the community, and society. The award is presented by T4 Education in collaboration with Accenture and American Express.
Our unique pedagogy to deliver one curriculum in two languages has helped BVIS HCMC become one of the ten nominated schools out of thousands of applications from across the globe for this year's award.
For the first time at BVIS, TEDxYouth BVIS HCMC took place with engaging presentations from four student speakers of the school! Through this event, we challenge young people's thinking and inspire them to explore the various aspects of different topics.
“With TEDxYouth happening soon, BVIS will continue to be a school where students’ innovative ideas are nurtured and valued.”
- Nancy & Khanh Linh, Student Council Presidents -
Our Orientation Day 2024-2025 took place on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 in a warm and welcoming atmosphere for the families and new students joining the BVIS community this school year.
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