FPT University (FPTU) extends learning beyond the campus by organising educational and cultural outreach activities for local schools and communities, with students contributing through clubs and volunteer groups. These activities range from introducing traditional Vietnamese musical instruments and Vovinam in schools to providing regular learning support for children in difficult circumstances. Some initiatives are delivered on a recurring basis, while others are organised in response to requests from schools and local partners.
1. Educational Outreach Delivered on a Programmed Basis through Recurring School Demonstrations, Community Programmes and Voluntary Student-Run Classes
Traditional Music and Vovinam: FPTU and its Students Bring Vietnamese Heritage into Around 70 Schools
These projects give secondary school students the chance to learn about Vietnam’s traditional arts, which are rarely taught in regular school lessons. At FPTU, traditional Vietnamese musical instruments and the martial art Vovinam are part of every student’s curriculum. Building on this, two long-running community projects – “Bringing Traditional Musical Instruments to Secondary and High Schools and the Community” and “Bringing Vovinam to High Schools” – send FPTU students and lecturers to local schools to perform, demonstrate and introduce these art forms to younger students.
In 2025, the projects reached around 70 lower secondary and high schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho and the Mekong Delta, Da Nang and Quy Nhon, along with public spaces such as Ninh Kieu Wharf in Can Tho. School visits follow a fixed cycle each school year, with regular visits in spring and autumn.
The projects make direct use of what FPTU teaches: students learn traditional music and Vovinam as part of their degree, and then perform and teach them to younger students in local schools. Because the visits are repeated every year, the projects have become a long-term partnership between FPTU and local schools, not a one-off performance.
Digital Skills for Son Tay Ward, Hanoi: FPTU Students Help More Than 5,800 Residents Use Digital Public Services Safely
In Spring 2026, 50 FPTU students from the Hanoi campus joined the digital transformation project of Son Tay Ward. The aim was to help residents use digital public services and stay safe online. The students went directly to local households and ran 120 community awareness sessions, with more than 6,500 participations. They taught more than 5,800 residents about internet safety and the use of AI in teaching and daily life, and helped residents install digital applications more than 6,500 times. They also guided residents through 2,192 public service applications and helped them submit 5,822 administrative procedures online.
The programme was implemented as part of the ward’s digital transformation plan, with FPTU working in partnership with local authorities. FPTU students delivered digital literacy training directly in residents’ neighbourhoods, reaching more than 15,600 households. Results were documented through indicators such as the number of sessions held and administrative procedures submitted online, allowing the programme’s effectiveness to be evaluated. All 50 participating students completed the project, and 18 were commended for their contributions, recognising the value of student service to the community.
Free English Classes for Children in Local Communities and Care Centres
Many children have few opportunities to practise English outside school. FPTU and its student volunteers help address this gap by organising free English classes in familiar settings where children already study or receive care, including their own school and care centre.
Summer English classes at An Binh 3 Primary School, Can Tho
From 5 July to 24 August 2025, FPTU, together with a group of its student volunteers in Can Tho, organised free English classes at An Binh 3 Primary School during the summer holiday. By holding the classes at the pupils’ own school, the volunteers made English learning accessible to local children without requiring them to travel elsewhere or pay any fees. Over seven weeks, the students independently planned and delivered the lessons, sharing their knowledge and skills with primary school pupils in the local community.
ELF for Community English classes in care centres, Ho Chi Minh City
Children growing up in care centres often have fewer chances than their peers to practise English outside school, and this gap tends to widen as they move up through their education. The student club ELF for Community at FPTU Ho Chi Minh City was founded to help close it, with a clear mission: to bring English learning, free of charge, to those who have the fewest opportunities to access it.
FPTU students carry this mission beyond the campus. The club runs volunteer English classes at care centres in the city, such as the Tam Binh Children’s Nurturing Centre and the Long Buu charity class in Thu Duc, and, through its HOPE Project, teaches online classes for children in special circumstances. In 2025, the classes ran every week from January to August: student volunteers taught in person on Saturdays, and the lessons continued online on Sundays, covering grammar, pronunciation and practice exercises.
What gives the project its value is continuity. Rather than meeting visitors once, the children learn with the same student teachers every week for eight months, building both their English and their confidence, while the volunteers learn to plan lessons, adapt to each child and take responsibility for a real class. The club also opens its ELF Speaking Club, an online English conversation club, to anyone in the community who wishes to practise.
Regular Learning Support for Children in Care Centres: Volunteers Return Every Semester
Children in care centres need regular support, not occasional visits. FPTU and its students provide this by returning to the same centre every semester and combining tutoring with fun learning activities.
SiTiGroup’s Lớp Học Tình Thương (Charity Classes) at the Binh Tho Development Centre, Thu Duc
FPTU Lecturers and Students Run English and Soft Skills Activities for Lower Secondary Pupils at Thu Duc City Book Street
In 2025, FPTU’s English Language and Soft Skills Departments, together with FPTU students, worked in partnership with Thu Duc City Book Street to organise a series of interactive learning activities for lower secondary pupils in the area:
- On 7 March 2025, the outdoor event “She Shines Always” combined games with English vocabulary practice, built around messages celebrating International Women’s Day.
- On 23 March 2025, the talk “Reading for Happiness” encouraged young people to build a reading habit.
- In June 2025, the English contest “Ring the Golden Bell” gave pupils the chance to learn through play during the summer holiday.
More than 150 lower secondary pupils took part. Held in a public space in the community, the activities allowed FPTU lecturers and students to share their language and soft skills with local children, combining learning with play.
Arts and Inclusion: Music and Creative Activities for Children with Disabilities and in Difficult Circumstances
Traditional music lessons at the NNC Recycling Garden, Quy Nhon
In Quy Nhon, FPTU and its students brought the traditional music they learn at university to children at the NNC Recycling Garden, a community space run by the Binh Dinh chapter of the Association for Support of Persons with Disabilities and Protection of Children’s Rights. From October to December 2025, the students held regular lessons on traditional musical instruments for the children at the centre. Working through a local association ensured that the lessons reached the children who could benefit most. For these children, learning an instrument is more than a new skill: it offers a way to express themselves, to experience steady progress and to take pride in their own cultural heritage.
“Journey of Hope – Nurturing Dreams” at the Cu Chi School for Children with Disabilities
In 2025, FPTU and its students (SiTiGroup volunteer club, FPTU Ho Chi Minh City) carried out the volunteer project “Journey of Hope – Nurturing Dreams” with the Cu Chi School for Children with Disabilities. The project was designed and run by FPTU students and took place over three phases from May to July 2025.
In the first phase (4-31 May), the volunteers worked with the children at the school in Cu Chi. The second phase, “Sowing Sunshine” (3-19 June), brought the project to FPTU and the Ho Chi Minh City Student Cultural House to share the children’s stories with the wider community. In the final phase, “Giving Hope” (26 June – 4 July), the students returned to the school to continue their activities with the children.
The three-phase design served two aims: sustained learning for the children and greater public awareness of their needs.The first and last phases gave the children sustained learning activities with the same volunteers, while the middle phase became an awareness event for the public. Planned and delivered entirely by students, the project shows a long-term, student-led commitment to a community that goes well beyond a single visit.
2. Ad-hoc Educational Outreach through Expert Lectures in Local Schools
Expert Talks Help More Than 2,000 Upper Secondary Students in Da Nang and Quang Nam Understand Themselves Before Choosing Their Path
Many Grade 12 students have to choose their future study path with little understanding of their own interests and strengths. To support them, FPTU brings talks by lecturers and experts directly to upper secondary schools.
On 4 January 2025, FPTU held the seminar “Gen Z: Listen to Yourself” at Phan Chau Trinh High School in Da Nang, with more than 2,000 students taking part. The speaker was Dr To Nhi A, a well-known expert in educational psychology, together with FPTU’s academic leaders. The seminar helped Grade 12 students understand their own feelings, manage stress before major examinations, and choose their path based on both their interests and their abilities, rather than on family or social pressure alone. In a question-and-answer session, students could raise their concerns directly. The series continued at Nguyen Binh Khiem High School for the Gifted in Quang Nam on 6 January.
This is an example of a public lecture brought into the community. FPTU shared its expertise in psychology and education with a whole year group, in the students’ own school, at the time when they most needed guidance.
FPTU Lecturers Deliver a Hands-on Artificial Intelligence Session for Teachers at Luong Dinh Cua High School in Can Tho
In January 2026, FPTU lecturers and experts visited Luong Dinh Cua High School in Can Tho to deliver a specialist session on applying artificial intelligence in teaching and professional work. After an overview of artificial intelligence trends in education and how they are changing traditional teaching, the teachers practised with accessible tools for lesson planning, developing lecture ideas, designing test questions, personalising learning activities and managing their time. The session was designed around practice rather than theory, and closed with an open discussion on ethics, information control and the role of the teacher in the age of artificial intelligence. Tailored to the teachers’ daily work, the session drew on FPTU’s faculty expertise in artificial intelligence so that the teachers could apply the tools directly in their own classrooms
Sustaining Outreach Beyond the Campus
From annual school visits to volunteer classes and projects lasting several months, these activities show how FPTU and its students bring education directly to schools and communities. Built on partnerships with schools and local authorities and on a strong culture of service among students, they combine outreach delivered on a programmed basis with ad-hoc lectures and demonstrations. Several of them are repeated every year, and FPTU aims to extend them to more schools and to more learners in difficult circumstances.