Tesla Education

A boutique IB Continuum school established in 2015 in Tan Binh District, the only school in that district authorised to deliver the full IB pathway from Early Years through Diploma.

Tesla picked up its full IB Continuum authorisation in 2026 after a five-year build out, with PYP, MYP and DP now in place across a primary campus in Tan Binh and a pre-school site in Phu Nhuan. The model is dual-pathway, integrating the Vietnamese national curriculum with the IB framework, and the school positions itself as the most affordable IB option in HCMC, which is the lever it pulls hardest in the local market.

Parent voice picks out the bilingual outcomes in Vietnamese and English, the personalised teaching approach and the focus on science, technology and project-based learning. Families describe children growing in confidence and independence within a year. The trade for the price point is a younger cohort and a shorter track record at DP than the established names, so families with imminent senior-year decisions should ask for the most recent IB results and university destinations directly.

• HCMC parent voice on Tesla Education is positive but largely tied to school-channel marketing and IB-related press: parents are quoted praising IB outcomes, bilingual delivery and the breadth of skills their children develop alongside academics.
• The school's full IB Continuum authorisation across PYP, MYP and DP is treated as a quality marker by parents and Vietnamese press.
• Bilingual English plus Vietnamese model integrated with the Vietnamese MOET curriculum is a structural draw for local families wanting both international pathways and host-country grounding.
• Tuition sits roughly in the lower-mid international school band in HCMC; the school has launched scholarships of up to 90% for select Grade 10 students, which parents and press treat as a positive but also a signal of intentional access expansion.
• Independent forum signal (Reddit, expat boards) on Tesla Education by name is effectively absent. The public review pool is thin, with positive parent quotes appearing predominantly on the school's own channels.