Marie Curie High School

F building block, the newest block of the school.

Marie Curie High School (French: Lycée Marie Curie, Vietnamese: Trường Trung học Phổ thông Marie Curie) is a public high school in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Established in 1918 and named after the Nobel prize-winning scientist Marie Curie by the French colonial government, it remains the sole high school in Saigon that still bears its original name.

Founded in 1918 as an all-girls school, it began accepting boys in 1970. In 1997, it was turned into a semi-public high school. In the recent past, it was one of the largest high schools in Vietnam, with around 5000 students in regular attendance. In 2007, it became a public high school.

The school is one of the few that still requires French as a foreign language course.

Notable alumni

• Thanh Lan, singer
• Loan Chau, singer
• Võ Hoàng Yến, model
• Đông Nhi, singer
• Thuỳ Lâm, model, actress
• Bảo Thy, singer

External links

• (French) Lycée Marie Curie de Saïgon
• (English) Marie Curie Biography
• (Vietnamese) Marie Curie high school - Saigon - Vietnam - Official website of Marie Curie high school