Gate 2: 53 Nguyen Du, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted (Vietnamese: Trường Trung học Phổ thông chuyên Trần Đại Nghĩa) is an academically selective public high school for talented and gifted students from grade 6 to 12 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The school requires a highly competitive entrance exam for admission (with less than 7% acceptance rate).
[2] Founded in 2000, the school was named after Professor Trần Đại Nghĩa, a scientist and engineer who invented the SKZ recoilless rifle, as well as redesigning captured weapons to adapt to use among Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War.
Due to the second branch being in District 2, an area far away from central Sai Gon, there is a shuttle service to help transfer students between the two schools.
[4] Aside from English, high school students majoring in social subjects are also taught French, Korean, Chinese, Japanese or German as a second foreign language.
A growing number of study abroad scholarships are won by students, a fact on which the school prides itself.
Basketball, badminton, volleyball, chess, football and martial arts classes are also carried out after school, which is widely popular to students who want to improve their physical and mental condition.
Tran Dai Nghia High School releases a biennial magazine titled "Nội san Trần Đại Nghĩa".
Inspired by the "Humans of New York", it publishes photos and interviews of the school's staff and students.