Ho Chi Minh City, Aug. 2 -- Ho Chi Minh City is building on nearly three decades of experience in English-language education as it prepares to gradually make English a second language in schools, with a focus on improving teaching quality, investing in educational infrastructure and creating an English-speaking learning environment.

The southern metropolis became the first locality in Vietnam to launch an intensive English language programme in 1998, before gradually expanding it across the school system. It subsequently introduced elective and universal English courses and programmes to improve English proficiency. In 2014, the city took another pioneering step by implementing an integrated English-Vietnamese curriculum under Project 56...