British Vietnamese International School Hanoi Names Antarctica Flag Winners

HANOI, 5 November 2026. British Vietnamese International School Hanoi announced on 30 October the winners of its Antarctica Flag Competition, a Geography challenge in which students designed a flag to represent the continent. The two winning designs, both by Year 7 pupils, will be sent to the UK Polar Network and then on to Antarctica.

The competition asked students to show creativity and an understanding of Antarctica in a single design. The winners are Diep Anh and Tue Minh, whose flags impressed the judges with their creativity, effort and interpretation of this unique continent.

Three more Year 7 students, all from 7I, were named runners-up and will each receive house points. The judges also gave a special mention to another 7I student who was not selected as a winner but whose entry stood out for the quality of the design and the effort behind it. The school hopes to receive photographs of the flags on display in Antarctica within six months of the announcement.

The results were shared in the school's weekly Student Highlights and Success Stories update for 26 to 30 October, which gathers messages from the Principal, the Head of Primary and the Head of Secondary. The same week, Year 5 pupils took on the roles of young reporters to interview Vietnamese cosmonaut Pham Tuan in a role-play activity that built their questioning, listening and speaking skills and their understanding of space exploration.

Other pupils became wildlife conservation campaigners, each raising awareness of an endangered animal or plant through campaign posters, fact files or persuasive speeches. In Vietnamese lessons, children read a model text on how to make bánh mì trứng and then built their own models of the egg sandwich in pairs, while the new flower arranging club held its first session on the theme Autumn Flower Baskets.

About British Vietnamese International School Hanoi

British Vietnamese International School Hanoi is a Nord Anglia Education school at Royal City, 72A Nguyen Trai Street, in Thanh Xuan District. It follows a structured British curriculum from the Early Years through to Sixth Form. From Early Years to Year 6 the curriculum is taught in English and Vietnamese, with about half of Early Years lessons and 40% of Primary lessons in Vietnamese.

In Secondary, students take IGCSE and A Level. In 2026, 74% of A Level grades and 86% of IGCSE grades at the school were A* to B.

What this means for families

For families in Hanoi looking for a British education that keeps Vietnamese strong, the flag competition is a small example of how Geography lessons connect pupils with organisations far beyond the classroom. Among the dates ahead for the school community is the first Live Lunch of the year on Friday 20 November, with Primary and Secondary students on stage in the Lunch Hall.

Parents weighing bilingual and fully English-medium options can compare the school with others among the best international schools in Hanoi.

You can contact British Vietnamese International School Hanoi here.