Vietnam Moves AI Education From Pilot to Nationwide Rollout, Focus Shifts to Mastering the Technology

Nhan Dan Online reports that Vietnam piloted the introduction of artificial intelligence in schools during the 2025-2026 academic year, with nationwide implementation planned from the 2026-2027 academic year. The report says the biggest question now facing the education sector is no longer whether AI should be taught, but how to teach and learn so that learners truly master the technology.

This shift moves AI education policy from whether to introduce it toward how to implement it, directly affecting school curricula, teachers' instructional capacity and the path for building students' AI literacy. Because the original text provides no specific curriculum content, class hours, teacher training plans or assessment data, the scope and effects of nationwide implementation still await later public information. Schools need to prepare curricula and teaching arrangements for nationwide implementation from the 2026-2027 academic year, and teachers need corresponding AI teaching capacity. The focus of students' AI literacy shifts from exposure to the technology toward truly mastering it, which may adjust teaching and assessment methods.