Notable high schools in Ho Chi Minh City include Lê Hồng Phong High School for the Gifted, Phổ Thông Năng Khiếu High School for the Gifted, Trần Đại Nghĩa High School for the Gifted, Nguyễn Thượng Hiền High School, Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai High School, and Gia Định High School, Lê Quý Đôn High School, among others. Though the former schools are all public, private education is also available in Ho Chi Minh City. High school consists of grade 10–12 (sophomore, junior, and senior).

Higher education in Ho Chi Minh City is a burgeoning industry; the city boasts over 80 universities and colleges with a total of over 400,000 students. Notable universities include Vietnam National University with 50,000 students distributed among six schools; The University of Technology (Vietnamese: Đại học Bách khoa, formerly Phú Thọ National Center of Technology); The University of Sciences (formerly Saigon College of Sciences); The University of Social Sciences and Humanities (formerly Saigon College of Letters); The International University; The University of Economics and Law; and the newly established University of Information Technology.

RMIT South Campus

The headquarters of the National University is in Linh Trung ward, Thu Duc University Village

Some other important higher education establishments include HCMC University of Pedagogy, University of Economics, University of Architecture, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nong Lam University (formerly University of Agriculture and Forestry), University of Law, University of Technical Education, University of Banking, University of Industry, Open University, University of Sports and Physical Education, University of Fine Arts, University of Culture, the Conservatory of Music, the Saigon Institute of Technology, Văn Lang University, Saigon University and Hoa Sen University.

In addition to the above public universities, Ho Chi Minh City is also home to several private universities. One of the most notable is RMIT International University, Vietnam, a campus of Australian public research RMIT University with an enrollment of about 6,000 students. Tuition at RMIT is about 40,000 USD for an entire course of study. Other private universities include The International School of Business (Vietnam) (or ISB), an English-language university run as a partnership with universities abroad, including the University of Western Sydney and UQAM, Montreal. The Saigon International University (or SIU) is another private university run by the Group of Asian International Education. Enrollment at SIU averages about 12,000 students Depending on the type of program, tuition at SIU costs between 5,000 and 6,000 USD per year.

In 2005, the health sector continue to invest in infrastructure, medical equipment to increase the capacity of modern medical care (radiotherapy acceleration zone of the Oncology Hospital, High Technology Zone of Binh Dan Hospital , etc ..). Rose 770 inpatient beds for medical institutions (of which: 515 beds investment by the State, 265 bed facilities by non-public investment). Many medical devices are included in the high-tech treatments to improve the quality of medical care. Has made technical organ transplant (liver transplant). Develop diagnostic treatment programs remotely with other provinces. Along with the increase in the number of hospitals and hospital beds, medical staff has also increased rapidly in both quality and quantity.

The health care program community continue to perform; Working for free medical care for children under 6 years of age, disease prevention powerful deployed, dengue decreased 50%; typhoid decreased 59%; 1,591 people with rubella have focused in Cu Chi, have been controlled.

Organizations implementing drastic and comprehensive emergency plans in the country and the city of avian flu and pandemic flu to infect humans. Translation mosquitoes in Binh Thanh District has been controlled.

Thus over 31 years to build and develop the city has constantly striven modernize facilities - technical as well as training and raising the level of medical staff and has achieved significant achievements in the work of healthcare, disease prevention and care for people's health, most notably infertility treatment and umbilical cord blood transplantation for cancer treatment. The crowning achievement was confirmed on the role of an increasingly important medical centers of the country most big city.

Ho Chi Minh City is the second largest art city in Vietnam. Due to its history, the artworks were inspired by both Western and Eastern styles.

Famous Art locations in Ho Chi Minh City:

• Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts
• Art galleries in Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street, Tran Phu street, Bui Vien street...