Asian International School - Vanthanh Campus

Part of the large Group of Asian International Education in HCMC, Asian International School is a Vietnamese-led bilingual system that pitches as an affordable international standard rather than a true expat international school.

Founded in 1999 and run alongside Saigon International University under the GAIE umbrella, the school operates eleven campuses across HCMC. The Van Thanh campus sits among them. Pupils follow the Vietnamese MOET programme in the morning and a British and American style English programme in the afternoon. CIS membership at primary and secondary dates from 2010.

The student body is overwhelmingly Vietnamese, with the international tag tied to curriculum and English exposure rather than nationality mix. Fees sit at the lower end of the HCMC market, and families using Asian International generally treat it as a step up from local schools rather than a peer of BIS, AIS, or Canadian. Quality reports from former students vary by campus and year.

• The school is positioned at the more affordable end of HCMC's international market, with secondary fees well below tier-one peers. Online discussion frames it as a Vietnamese-program school with an English add-on, rather than a full international curriculum.
• One Vietnamese parent thread groups Asian International School with Vinschool and SIS as schools where children find work undemanding and underperform on standardised exams. Another commenter ranks it alongside WASS as one of the few HCMC schools with strict uniform and tie rules, in contrast with the looser dress codes typical of reputable international schools in the city.
• Teacher commentary is consistently negative. A long-standing post advises new arrivals to avoid the school as an employer. More recent teacher discussion frames it sarcastically when listed among Vietnam's best, suggesting reputation among foreign teachers has not improved.
• No substantive parent reviews surface for individual campuses. Public commentary treats the network as a single brand operated by GAIE.