At the beginning of the new school year, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requires school principals to proactively arrange school plans and build flexible and suitable timetables.

Accordingly, each day, there are at least 7 periods, it is recommended to have 4 periods in the morning and 3 periods in the afternoon. In addition to the 7 periods in the program, schools can develop a school program and plan to organize other activities for primary school students depending on the needs and abilities of the students and the agreement with the parents. The school develops a plan for after-school clubs for students until they are picked up.

Students in HCMC
Students in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Nguyen Hue)


Regarding class time, the Department of Education and Training stipulates that for two-session/day classes, the first period in the morning starts from 7:30 a.m. onwards and no later than 7:45 a.m. The first period in the afternoon starts no earlier than 1:30 p.m. The program for week 1 starts from September 9 to September 13. After that, the weeks will be implemented in turn according to regulations. Semester 2 starts from week 19, January 13, 2025.

For primary school, the Department of Education and Training encourages students to use 3 types of squared notebooks. In which, Math notebooks are used to record knowledge related to Math and do Math exercises; Vietnamese notebooks are used to record knowledge related to Vietnamese. Lesson notebooks are used to record the remaining subjects. For grade 1, Lesson notebooks are not required; grade 1 students are encouraged to use Lesson notebooks from the middle of the second semester of the school year. For grades 4 and 5, students are encouraged to listen and record some important content in the teacher's lecture in their Vietnamese notebooks.

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