Foreign Language Specialized School
Foreign Language Specialized School (Vietnamese: "Phổ Thông Chuyên Ngoại ngữ"), commonly known as FLSS or CNN, is a national public magnet high school/university-preparatory school in Hanoi, Vietnam. A part of University of Languages and International Studies — VNU, the school is one of the four national gifted high schools in Hanoi, along with HNUE Gifted High School, Natural Science Gifted High School Social Science and Humanities Gifted High School. Currently, FLSS is Vietnam's only high school specialising in teaching foreign languages (including Chinese Mandarin, English, Russian, French, German, Japanese, and Korean). Students can also  choose to study Italian and Spanish as a second language. Similar to other national magnet high schools, FLSS is recognised for its strong academic programs and its large percentage (98% to 100%) of graduates attending the most prestigious universities in Vietnam and abroad. FLSS ranks third nationally in the 2012 Vietnam university admission ranking. Admission to FLSS is by competitive examination only, which until 2016 consisted of three subjects: Declared specialised foreign language, mathematics, and literature. The 2017 admission process adopts a more comprehensive approach. There are three parts to the admission exams: one on declared foreign language, one on  mathematics and natural science subjects, and one on literature and social science subjects. For the language exams, except for English, others require an interview round beside the written tests. FLSS is one of the most selective high schools in Vietnam with an acceptance rate of 1/8.2 in 2021. A student from FLSS/CNN is usually referred to as a "CNNer". Curriculum. The school offers seven foreign languages in its curriculum. Russian, English, and Mandarin Chinese were its three initial linguistic subjects before the 1980-1981 semester. French, German, Japanese were added afterwards. Korean has been taught since 2015 as a  second foreign language and since 2017 as one of the primary. Students are arranged into classes specialising in one primary foreign language. Since the academic year of 2008-2009, two foreign language courses (one specialized and one elective) have been required for every FLSS student. Since the academic year 2009-2010, FLSS has implemented teaching Maths through English. This has proven to be deliped