There is a demand for learning English and plentiful opportunities for English teachers and would-be teachers in Vietnam. Teaching English in Vietnam is really a thriving business and it couldn’t be easier to find work here. Some common words that you here about the qualification in teaching in Vietnam may be TESOL, CELTA, ESL. If you are a native English speaker and you are teaching in Vietnam, you can be considered as Teaching ESL in Vietnam.

ESL stands for English as a second language. This is a very popular term in teaching and studying English in Vietnam. It’s simple that a student learns and be guided under the teaching of an native English teacher or even non-English speaker. But people often say that it has a very close meaning with expats who teach English in Vietnam. So we can reckon it to be a definition which has meanings related directly to international aspect.



ESL teachers who come to Vietnam may never want to leave. From the watery green rice fields and sleepy villages of the Mekong Delta, to the floating markets and French colonial architecture of busy Hanoi, this country is a unique and varied paradise. Working in Ho Chi Minh city can give you many options to pick up an entertainment place while you can joy the fresh air near the sea if you teach in Vung Tau or Nha Trang,…  A job teaching ESL in Vietnam is a fantastic way to live overseas and get paid to travel the world

English centers and International schools are the two main places for any expats who would like to become an ESL teacher. In Ho Chi Minh city, there are more than 10 thousand of expat work as an ESL teacher every year. This city is also has the biggest foreign community in Vietnam with the number of ESL teacher more than 100 thousand people.

Some famous and big English centers that recruit a lot of ESL teacher are: ILA, VUS, ACET,… You can apply to take a teaching position in these units. If you don’t have enough information about teaching ESL, search some Vietnamese educational website such as: Vietnamteachinjobs.com, TNH.com, teachinvietnam.org,… or Worldwide website like: Craglish.com or teachergig.com,…