Vietnam Continues AI Education Integration Pilot and Addresses Textbook Shortage in 2026-2027 School Year

Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training will continue piloting AI education in the 2026-2027 school year, allowing institutions to integrate it into subjects and educational activities, thematic workshops and modules, enhanced teaching, clubs and extracurricular activities, without creating new subjects or grades. In the same period, the first year of a unified national textbook set saw a shortage of 3,916,370 books as of 6 PM on September 14, about 1.5% of total demand. The government asked the ministry to complete supply and report to the Prime Minister before September 22.

The AI education integration pilot offers schools a path to implement AI without adding new subjects, directly affecting curriculum organization, teacher training and use of infrastructure; the textbook shortage exposes supply-chain and local demand fluctuation problems in the first year of the unified textbook set. Together they determine whether teaching conditions can be stable in the new school year. The original text provides no evaluation results of the AI education pilot or data on how the textbook shortage affects learning outcomes. Schools can embed AI content into existing subjects and extracurricular activities without adding new subjects or grades, adjusting curriculum arrangements and teacher roles. The textbook shortage involves about 3.916 million books, about 1.5% of demand, with priority supply for students in border, remote and disadvantaged areas; local education departments must update shortage reports before 4 PM on September 15.