Hanoi
Taylor's Education Group Partners with Hanoi's SenTia School in Vietnam Push
Malaysia's Taylor's Education Group has formed a strategic partnership with SenTia School, one of Hanoi's most-recognised K-12 institutions, creating a direct pathway into British higher education for Vietnamese students.
One of Malaysia's largest education groups is deepening its presence in Vietnam through a strategic partnership with a Hanoi school as well-known for its architecture as its academic programme. According to PR Newswire Asia, Taylor's Education Group announced on 30 June that it had formed a strategic partnership with SenTia School, a K-12 institution whose eco-conscious Hanoi campus has received the Best Educational Design Award at the World Architecture Festival and a National Architecture Award.
SenTia runs a bilingual programme that combines the Vietnamese national curriculum with the Oxford International Programme. Under the new arrangement, British University Vietnam, a TEG subsidiary and the only university in the country to hold QAA university-wide accreditation, will provide academic quality-assurance support and curriculum delivery frameworks. Students will gain access to mobility programmes across TEG's Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam network, as well as a formal progression pathway into Taylor's University Malaysia and BUV's British and international university partnerships.
An integrated pipeline from K-12 to British degrees
TEG's Executive Chairman, Dato' Loy Teik Ngan, described the deal as reflecting a belief that "quality education must always be delivered with both rigour and heart." SenTia's founder, Tran Nhat Minh, said the arrangement marked "an important milestone" for the school, adding that TEG's backing would expand the academic and developmental pathways available to students.
The partnership is the most direct K-12 move TEG has made on Vietnamese soil. The group already operates British University Vietnam in Hanoi alongside Taylor's International Schools, Garden International School, and Nexus International Schools across Malaysia. SenTia is distinctive in that it teaches under the Vietnamese national curriculum rather than a wholly international one, a positioning the school describes as "Vietnamese Identity, International Quality" and one that appeals to families seeking internationally benchmarked results without a complete break from the national system.
A contested and shifting market
Vietnam's premium private school sector has drawn growing interest from regional operators. Taylor's enters a field that includes Nord Anglia, GEMS, and a number of Hong Kong and Singapore-backed groups building scale in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The government's 2026 decision to eliminate tuition fees at public schools has complicated the commercial picture for private operators, even as demand for bilingual and internationally accredited education continues to rise in the major cities.
Whether the TEG arrangement represents an equity position in SenTia or a purely programme-level collaboration has not been publicly disclosed. The school will continue to operate under its own brand and leadership. For families already enrolled, the practical change is likely to be felt first in the expanded university progression options, rather than in any restructuring of day-to-day academic delivery.