Vietnam launched a nationwide school AI curriculum pilot in December 2025, running through May 2026 across grades 1 to 12. The pilot embeds AI content into existing classes rather than as a standalone subject, covering ethics, data basics, simple AI builds, practical teacher tools, and data privacy. Results are to be reviewed in June 2026, with findings informing the design of a full national AI curriculum framework and proposals for broader rollout in subsequent academic years.
A national framework for teacher AI and digital competency was also published in 2025, setting out a roadmap for equipping teachers and school leaders with skills to integrate AI into teaching and school management. UNICEF and UNESCO co-hosted a National Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Education in 2025 to gather stakeholder input on the curriculum pilot’s direction.
Who it affects: Students in selected pilot schools across all grade levels from primary to secondary. Teachers in pilot schools are receiving guidance and training modules as part of the pilot. The curriculum framework, if adopted, would subsequently apply nationwide.
What is notably missing: The pilot is an exploratory exercise, not a binding rollout. Whether the curriculum, once finalised, will be legally mandated and funded at scale is undetermined. The AI Law passed in December 2025 creates a governance backdrop, but the specific link between the law’s education provisions and mandatory curriculum implementation has not been publicly confirmed. Vietnam’s infrastructure disparities between urban and rural schools raise concerns about equitable rollout of any future national AI curriculum.