Vingroup Launches VERTA, an AI-First International School Opening in 2027

Vingroup, Vietnam's largest private conglomerate, has announced it will open a new international school in Hanoi in August 2027, with admissions for the founding cohort beginning this month, according to The Investor.

The school, named VERTA, will be based at 148 Giang Vo in the capital and will teach in English following a US-oriented curriculum. Students in higher grades will be able to sit Advanced Placement courses alongside specialist tracks in artificial intelligence, advanced computing, engineering, and biomedical sciences. The founding cohort is expected to take around 400 students across Grades 1 to 11, with the school designed for 800 to 1,000 students at full capacity.

A new slot in Vingroup's education stable

VERTA joins an education portfolio that already includes Vinschool, VinUniversity, and Brighton College Vietnam, the British independent school group's Hanoi campus in which Vingroup holds a stake. The addition of a US-curriculum international school alongside a British-branded one suggests the group is deliberately placing differentiated offerings across the capital's premium education market: one aimed at families drawn to an established British name, another targeting those who want a technology-forward American pathway. The move also positions Vingroup to capture demand that is shifting, particularly among the Vietnamese professional class, toward science and engineering credentials.

The school will be led by Dr. Tarek Razik, a veteran head with more than 35 years of international school experience who has previously run the Jakarta Intercultural School and the International School of Beijing. Both sit at the top of their respective national markets, and his appointment is a clear signal that VERTA is intended to compete at the highest level of Hanoi's international sector from its first year.

What the curriculum framework involves

Vingroup describes VERTA's organising philosophy as "Learn-Make-Matter," moving students from acquiring knowledge through designing and testing solutions to addressing real-world problems. The framing is consistent with a broader shift among premium operators across Vietnam, where a growing cohort of technically minded parents, many working in the country's manufacturing, fintech and technology sectors, is looking for more than a purely credentials-focused syllabus.

Fees have not been announced. Given Vingroup's track record at the top of the Vietnamese market through Brighton College, VERTA will most likely launch at a price point comparable to the city's established American-curriculum schools rather than the British boarding-track campuses that have entered Hanoi from the UK in recent years. The school's location, at 148 Giang Vo in the Ba Dinh district, places it in a well-connected part of the city with good access to the diplomatic and professional residential zones where demand for high-fee international schooling is concentrated.