Taipei School in Ho Chi Minh City (TSHCMC)

Taipei School in Ho Chi Minh City (TSHCMC) was established to provide Taiwan-standard education for the children of Taiwanese businesspeople in Vietnam and to promote Chinese language and culture. Planning began around ROC year 83 (1994) with involvement from the Overseas Community Affairs Council, the Ministry of Education, and other agencies, with the initial campus at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office's premises in Ho Chi Minh City. On August 6, 1997 (ROC year 86), the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee approved the establishment; the site was at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office premises, and the school was formally registered with the Overseas Community Affairs Council in October 1997, coming under MOE supervision on January 1, 1998. In 1999 the school moved to a site in the New Suong Industrial Zone to accommodate growth, and the permanent campus was completed and opened on November 25, 2000. The school joined the Taiwan Private School Pension Fund Foundation in February 2009, and the campus covers about 3.36 hectares with facilities including a kindergarten, primary and secondary buildings, an integrated teaching building, an activity center, a basketball court, a track, and staff housing; as of the 114th academic year the school has about 141 staff and 1,336 students. Since its founding, the school has been led by a series of principals, with the 12th principal, Mo Heng-zhong, appointed on August 1, 2024.

TSHCMC serves students from kindergarten through high school under a Taiwan-based system and employs Taiwanese national teachers alongside foreign English teachers, with Vietnamese-language instruction for local students. The school emphasizes aligning with Taiwan's education standards while providing bridging to Vietnam's context, including English language enrichment and Cambridge English examinations. The campus supports a broad program of student clubs and activities; the school encourages balanced development in humanities, arts, music, and sports, with both Western and Chinese music clubs that perform on campus and in regular off-campus charity performances. The facilities include a 3.36-hectare campus with a kindergarten building, primary and secondary buildings, a comprehensive teaching building, an activity center, sports facilities, and staff/student dormitories. Overseas Mandarin language programs are also offered as part of promoting Chinese language education.

The school has a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) with its own charter and an active leadership structure. The PTA maintains pages for current members, past PTA presidents, and the PTA constitution, and it publishes meeting records such as minutes from the First and Third PTA committee meetings and other routine records. The PTA holds regular meetings (including events like PTA meetings) to coordinate school activities and family involvement, and its records are accessible to the school community. Past PTA presidents are listed on the PTA page, indicating a long-running parent leadership alongside the school's governance. Current PTA members and recent meeting records demonstrate ongoing parent engagement in school affairs.