EMASI International Bilingual Schools

EMASI is a Vietnamese-led bilingual group with two HCMC day campuses and a boarding option in Long An, fully WASC accredited and pitched as a step up from the local market without reaching BIS or AIS price levels.

Founded in 2019, EMASI runs Nam Long in District 7 and Van Phuc in Thu Duc, with EMASI Plus offering boarding at WaterPoint in Long An. The bilingual programme integrates the Vietnamese MOET curriculum with the Cambridge International framework, taking children from age two through Year 13 toward IGCSE and A Level. WASC accredited.

Parents value the bilingual model, the active student voice in classrooms, and a focus on life skills alongside academics. Fees run from around 151 million to 446 million Vietnamese dong, well below the foreign-passport-only schools but a real commitment by local standards. The student body is mainly Vietnamese, so families looking for a deep international peer group usually look at the BIS, AIS, or Canadian tier instead.

• Parent reviews on International School Advisor for the Van Phuc campus average around the upper end on a small five-review base, all written several years ago. Comments are short, mostly about facilities ("large and modern bilingual school", "excellent facility quality, security and modern teaching").
• The substantive signal sits on the teacher side. In international-teaching circles, EMASI is repeatedly described as a Cambridge-pathway bilingual school that hires unlicensed teachers and is treated as a stepping-stone rather than a destination. One teacher in 2025 said EMASI is "another that's supposed to be okay" alongside VAS.
• The same threads place EMASI in tier 3 of HCMC bilingual schools, with one ex-applicant noting the school was "very nice" with a positive interviewer experience but lower pay than tier 2 peers.
• Parents are not visible on these threads. The available public picture is therefore stronger on staff perceptions than on parent voice, which limits how confidently parent-side themes can be drawn.
• Cambridge IGCSE/A-Level pathway and the Vietnamese MOET integration are the consistently named features, with parents on the few public reviews tying these to children gaining English confidence and life-skills outcomes.