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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 offers 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
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1918
- High schools in Vietnam
- High schools in Ho Chi Minh City
- Vietnam stubs
- Asian school stubs
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