British Vietnamese International School, Hanoi

In Brief

BVIS is the pick if you want a genuinely bilingual British school at a noticeably lower price point than BIS Hanoi - the Royal City location puts it close to the city's best-value housing, and the 2025 A-Level results are strong.

BVIS Hanoi is the bilingual sibling in Nord Anglia's Hanoi portfolio - sharing the same global network as BIS but with a distinct Vietnamese-English teaching model from Early Years through primary. That bilingual track is the school's clearest point of difference from its competitor down the road: children emerge with genuine Vietnamese language ability rather than a token weekly class. The school serves around 1,000 students from 15 nationalities, drawn heavily from Korean and Vietnamese families alongside a smaller expat contingent, and opened in 2013 at Royal City - one of Hanoi's better-known integrated residential and commercial developments in Thanh Xuan.

Academic results are credible. The 2025 A-Level cohort recorded 47% A*-A grades and a 100% pass rate, which compares well against local competitors. Fee-inclusive extras are a genuine advantage: lunches, day trips, health insurance, and exam fees are all folded in, so the stated tuition is closer to the real cost than at schools that add these separately. Average class size runs to 24 within a maximum of 25, which is slightly larger than the premium Hanoi schools but still manageable.

The school lacks a published ISI or WASC inspection - Nord Anglia schools are assessed internally through the group's own quality framework rather than an independent external body, so families cannot draw on a formal inspection report when comparing. The Royal City campus is in Thanh Xuan district, closer to the city centre than BIS Long Bien but not particularly convenient for Tay Ho or Ciputra families. Admissions fees add VND 70,800,000 non-refundable registration for primary and secondary, which is the same scale as BIS.