The ''Lycée français Alexandre Yersin'' (LFAY) is a French international school in Long Bien District,

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. The school is under the purview of the

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(''Agence pour l'enseignement français à l'étranger (AEFE)''), which manages all French state schools outside France. LFAY teaches children from the ages of 3 to 18 and adopts the French curriculum including the

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. The school is known for its high standards and excellent results in the Baccalauréat, with a 95 to 100% success rate and 75 to 100% mentions. Several former students go to prestigious universities, preparatory classes, grandes écoles or schools of arts and architecture in France and abroad.

History

Lycée Français Alexandre Yersin was named after the

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, a

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physician who found the pathogens for the

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. Established in the 1982 in

, the capital of Vietnam, in order to create collaboration between French and Vietnamese culture, the historic building of the French Lycée Alexandre Yersin de Hanoi is located at 12 Nui Truc Street, in the

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, near some European and Anglo-Saxon embassies. Facing a growth in inscription demands, a project to build a new high school with integrated sports and artistic facilities was envisaged from the end of the 2000s. The gestation of the project took time due to the difficulty of finding suitable land for the construction of the new building. The construction costs are estimated at 12.5 million euros, including 2 million euros advanced by the

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, 6.5 million euros obtained thanks to recourse to advances from France Trésor and reimbursed by the establishment, with 4 million euros drawn from its own resources and available working capital. The construction of the new campus on Gia Thượng road, Long Bien district was validated in 2015 by the AEFE. It was finally inaugurated on November 3, 2018 by French Prime Minister

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during his official trip to Vietnam. The campus was the first French building constructed in Vietnam since the colonial period.The architectural ensemble manufactured by the organization Cerway, combines the use of modern materials and natural elements such as bamboo facades. It features a

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pitch, heated swimming pool, gymnasium, auditorium and garden.

References

External links

LFAY's official site (in French)
AEFE managed schools International schools in Hanoi High schools in Hanoi French international schools in Vietnam {{vietnam-school-stub

History

See also

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