This guide furnishes a detailed account of the basic characteristics of the Vietnamese "regular" high school curriculum and system. The regular high school is one of the three main kinds of high schools in Vietnam. Knowing the exact content of the subjects that students took in Viet-Nam will help teachers and administrators in placing Vietnamese high school students and in formulating the new concepts and skills that these students will need to acquire. The regular high school has a seven-year program which is divided into two cycles; the first cycle includes grades 6-9 and the second, grades 10-12. The subjects studied in the first cycle are Vietnamese, history, geography, civic education, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, mathematics, natural sciences, physical education, drawing, handicraft, home economics (for girls), and music. In the second cycle students must choose one of the following sections for specialization: (A) experimental sciences, (B) mathematics, (C) modern literature, and (D) classical literature. The curriculum for the second cycle consists of Vietnamese, history, geography, civic education, philosophy, first foreign languages, second foreign languages, classical languages, physics, chemistry, mathematics, natural sciences and physical education. Only Section D takes classical languages and does not take second foreign languages. No section studies Vietnamese in grade 12. (CFM)