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Chu Van An High School for the Gifted (), also known as Pomelo School () is one of the three national high schools for the gifted in
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along with Quoc Hoc High School in
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and Le Hong Phong High School in
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. It is also one of the four magnet high schools in
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,
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, along with Hanoi-Amsterdam High School, Son Tay High School and Nguyen Hue High School. Established by the French authorities in 1908 as College of the Protectorate (French: Collège du Protectorat), Chu Van An is one of the oldest institutions for secondary education in Southeast Asia. Despite initially intending to train native civil servants to serve the French colonial establishments, Vietnamese students at Bưởi school often struggled against colonial doctrine. A lot of Bưởi alumni became renowned political leaders and cultural figures in many areas of Vietnamese society such as
Nguyễn Văn Cừ Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...
– the fourth general secretary of
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Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam, following reunification of North and South Viet ...
– the first prime minister of the
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and united
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,
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of Sout ...
- former vice president and prime minister of
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Kaysone Phomvihane Kaysone Phomvihane (''Kraisorn Brahmavihara;'' , ; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his de ...
- former leader of the
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, Prince
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- the first president of Laos.


History

On 12 December 1908, the Governor-General of Indochina
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made the decision to establish ''Collège du Protectorat'' (College of the Protectorate, similar to the secondary school) based on the merger of the Thông ngôn Bờ sông school, the ''Jules Ferry Nam Dinh'' secondary school and the pedagogy class (Cours normal) on Pottier street. In 1931, the school was upgraded to a ''lycée'' (similar to the high school) – ''Lycée du Protectorat'' (The school of Protectorate). Since the school was built on the land of ''Thuy Khuê'' village, ''Kẻ Bưởi'', people often called it ''Bưởi School''. By 1943, the school had to move to the ''Phúc Nhạc'' monastery in Ninh Bình. In 1945, they returned to
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. After Japan overthrew France, on 12 June 1945, the northern king's special envoy
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decided to change the school's name to ''Chu Van An'' – named after the most well-respected teacher in Vietnamese history
Chu Văn An Chu Văn An (born Chu An, 25 August 1292 – ) was a Confucian, teacher, physician, and high-ranking mandarin of the Trần dynasty in Đại Việt. His courtesy name was Linh Triệt (靈徹), while his art name was Tiều Ẩn (樵隱). He w ...
, and appointed professor Nguyễn Gia Tường to the principal position. Tường was the first Vietnamese principal of the ''Bưởi – Chu Văn An High School''. From 1970 to 1993, the school used to share facilities with Ba Dinh High School, when a school would teach in the morning, while the other would teach in the afternoon. Two have merged since January 1993. On 17 February 1995, along with Quoc Hoc High School in Hue and Le Hong Phong High School in
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, Chu Van An High School has been planned and constructed by Prime Minister
Võ Văn Kiệt Võ Văn Kiệt (; 23 November 1922 – 11 June 2008"E ...
to become one of three national high schools in Vietnam. On 2 November 2003, Chu Van An High School was designated as a national historical relic. Since 2019, Chu Van An High School has been the first school in Hanoi and Vietnam to be a member of the
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(CAIE) organization, making it eligible to train students under the dual degree programme ( Vietnamese National Diploma & Cambridge International
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). In 2023, Principal Nguyen Thi Nhiep proposed to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training to turn Chu Van An High School into a high school only for the gifteds. On 15 January 2025, People’s Committee of Hanoi City issued a decision to reorganize and turn Chu Van An High School into a high school for the gifted. As of the decision, Chu Van An High School effectively changed its name to Chu Van An High School for the Gifted.


Admission

As one of the four high schools for gifted students in Hanoi (together with Hanoi - Amsterdam High School, Son Tay High School and
Nguyen Hue High School for the Gifted Nguyen Hue High School for the Gifted ''(Trường Trung học phổ thông chuyên Nguyễn Huệ)'' is a public magnet specialized high school of Hanoi, Vietnam, was founded in March 1947. This is one of 4 specialized schools under the Departmen ...
), Chu Van An High School is highly selective in its admission process. Every year, the school receives over 3000 applications from Hanoi and other Northern Vietnamese provinces to Thanh Hoa, out of which only 500 to 600 would be admitted. For the 2023–2024 school year, the overall admission rate into specialized classes of Chu Van An High School was 10.9%. Applicants are required to take an entrance exam conducted by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training. This examination usually takes place around mid-June with three subjects –
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, and one additional subject for students who sought admission in specialized classes. Applicants who wish to enroll in the dual degree programme must, in addition to the standard entrance exam, also sit for additional subject tests in English—namely Mathematics,
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, and English (including both Writing and Speaking)—as part of the admission requirements for the dual degree classes.


Class system

Until the academic year of 2007/2008, Chu Van An High School had over 2.000 students from Grade 10 to Grade 12. In the same academic year, Chu Van An High School became the first school in
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to have a Japanese language class, with the help of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam. The class system of Chu Van An High School of the 117th cohort currently includes 16 specialised classes of 11 subjects:
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, IT,
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(2 classes),
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(2 classes),
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(2 classes); two dual degree classes (I1, I2); two French bilingual classes which are sponsored and trained by staffs from the
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; and five normal classes divided into two groups which represent for the Vietnamese college entrance exam blocks: Group A (A1, A2, A3) and Group D (D1, D2). From the 118th cohort (2025-2028), the school will abolish the normal class system and cease to admit any students for such classes.


Facilities

Chu Van An High School for the Gifted is currently situated on a single campus, located adjacent to
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, between Nguyễn Đình Thi Road and Thụy Khuê Street. This campus has served as the school’s principal location since 1908, with the exception of periods of wartime displacement. Several original buildings remain intact, having been preserved since the school's early years.


Academic facilities

*Six academic buildings (A, B, C, D, E, and T). *Thăng Long Auditorium.


Athletic facilities

*Three mini (5v5 - 7v7)
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fields. *Two outdoor basketball courts. *A tennis court. *A gymnastics hall.


Miscellaneous

*The Octagon House (currently a library). *The traditional house. *A dormitory with a dining area (K Building) *Storage house. *A statue of
Chu Văn An Chu Văn An (born Chu An, 25 August 1292 – ) was a Confucian, teacher, physician, and high-ranking mandarin of the Trần dynasty in Đại Việt. His courtesy name was Linh Triệt (靈徹), while his art name was Tiều Ẩn (樵隱). He w ...
and a bust of
Đặng Thùy Trâm Đặng Thùy Trâm (November 26, 1942 – June 22, 1970) was a Vietnamese doctor. She worked as a battlefield surgeon for the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietcong during the Vietnam War. Her wartime diaries, which chronicle the last two years o ...
. *The teachers' office (S Building).


Principals


Honours

From teaching and training achievements throughout the school's existence, the
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has awarded the school with: *
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3rd class: 1964 * Labor Order 2nd class: 1992 *
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1st class: 1998 * Hero of Labor: 2013


Notable alumni and teachers

;Teachers *
Hoàng Xuân Hãn Hoàng Xuân Hãn (Đức Thọ, 1908 – Paris, 10 March 1996) was a Vietnamese professor of mathematics, linguist, historian and educationalist. He was Minister of Education in the short-lived 1945 cabinet of historian Trần Trọng Kim and dr ...
, Minister – Ministry of Education under the regime of
Trần Trọng Kim Trần Trọng Kim (; chữ Hán: 陳仲金, Kanji pronunciation: ''Chin Jūkin''; ; 1883 – December 2, 1953; courtesy name Lệ Thần (, chữ Hán: 隸臣) was a Vietnamese scholar and politician who served as the Prime Minister of the sho ...
*
Nguyễn Văn Huyên Nguyễn Văn Huyên (16 November 1905 – 19 October 1975) was a Vietnamese professor and the Minister of Education of Vietnam from 1946 to 1975. Biography He was born on 16 November 1905 in Hanoi. His father was a civil servant to the French ...
, Minister – Ministry of Education,
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for 29 years *
Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp ( vi-hantu, , ; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars agains ...
, Minister –
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Tô Ngọc Vân Tô Ngọc Vân (蘇玉雲, 15 December 1906 or 1908 – 17 June 1954), also known as Tô Tử, was a Vietnamese painter. Several of his paintings are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts. He taught a resistance art cla ...
;Alumni ;;Politics and military *
Lê Hồng Phong Lê Hồng Phong (6 September 1902 – 6 September 1942) was the second leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV); he led the party through the office of General Secretary of the Overseas Executive Committee of the Indochinese Communist Part ...
, the second general secretary of the
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Nguyễn Văn Cừ Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...
, the fourth general secretary of the
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*
Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng (; 1 March 1906 – 29 April 2000) was a Vietnamese politician who served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. He later served as Prime Minister of Vietnam, following reunification of North and South Viet ...
, the first prime minister of
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and united
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, general secretary of the former
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Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Nguyễn Cao Kỳ (; 8 September 1930 – 23 July 2011) was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of Sout ...
, former vice president and prime minister of
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Kaysone Phomvihane Kaysone Phomvihane (''Kraisorn Brahmavihara;'' , ; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his de ...
, former leader of the
Lao People's Revolutionary Party The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic. The party's monopoly on state power is guaranteed by Article 3 of the Constitution of Laos, and it ...
*Prince
Souphanouvong Prince Souphanouvong (13 July 1909 – 9 January 1995; ), nicknamed the Red Prince, was along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak (town), Champasak, one of the "Three Princes of the Kingdom of Laos, Three ...
, the first president of Laos *
Lê Trọng Tấn Lê Trọng Tấn (; 1 October 1914 – 5 December 1986) was an officer of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during 1945 to 1986. During this period of his military career, Lê Trọng Tấn held several senior positions of the Army. Lê Tr ...
, Army General and Chief of General Staff of Vietnamese Army *
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(Class of 1926), mathematician, Minister – Ministry of Education *
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Dương Bích Liên Dương Bích Liên (17 July 1924 – 12 December 1988) was a Vietnamese painter. He is reported to have drunk himself to death.Art of Vietnam: Catherine Noppe, Jean-François Hubert - 2003 -"... Tran Dinh Tho, V6 Lang and Duong Bich Lien, artists ...
, Painter – Member of the Sáng – Nghiêm – Liên – Phái *
Tô Ngọc Vân Tô Ngọc Vân (蘇玉雲, 15 December 1906 or 1908 – 17 June 1954), also known as Tô Tử, was a Vietnamese painter. Several of his paintings are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts. He taught a resistance art cla ...
, Painter – Member of the Trí – Vân – Lân – Cẩn * Vũ Đình Liên (Class of 1930), poet *
Vương Trí Nhàn Vương or Vuong (Chữ Nôm: ) is a Vietnamese surname, meaning King. In the United States, Vuong was the 7,635th most common surname during the 1990 census and the 4,556th most common during the 2000 census.United States Census Bureau. Op. cit ...
(Class of 1958), Literary Critics * Võ An Ninh, photographer * Hoàng Ngọc Phách (Class of 1914), novelist *
Nguyễn Tường Tam Nguyễn (阮) (sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as ''Nguyen''. By some estimates 30 to 39 percent of Vietnamese peopl ...
(Nhất Linh), novelist, Minister – Ministry of Foreign Affairs * Trần Tiến, actor, People's Artist Award *
Thanh Tùng Thanh Tùng (15 September 1948 – 15 March 2016) was a Vietnamese pop music composer and songwriter. He was born in Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province, Khánh Hòa, but moved to Hanoi at age 6. Thanh Tùng graduated from the Pyongyang Conservatory i ...
, musician


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