The general goal of general education is to develop comprehensively Vietnamese people with ethics, knowledge, culture, health, aesthetics and profession; have the qualities, capacity and sense of citizenship; have patriotism, national spirit, loyalty to the ideal of national independence and socialism; promote the potential and creative ability of each individual; raise people's intellectual level, develop human resources, foster talents, meet the requirements of the cause of national construction and defense and international integration. In there:
Primary education aims to form the initial basis for the comprehensive development of students' moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and ability; prepare students to continue in middle school.
– Lower secondary education aims to consolidate and develop the outcomes of primary education; ensure that students have the basic general education, technical and vocational knowledge necessary to continue in general education or vocational education.