Dance teaching began in Hồ Chí Minh City at the then Hồ Chí Minh City National School of Music (Trường Quốc gia Âm nhạc Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh, now the Hồ Chí Minh City Conservatory of Music) in 1978. In 1986 dance teaching was transferred to this secondary college, housed initially in very modest premises at 77 Lý Tự Trọng. The current premises at 155 Bis Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa were opened in late 1996. The School offers seven-year Secondary Certificate programmes to students who have completed primary school (aged 10 years) and wish to undertake specialist study in Dance, three- or four-year Secondary Certificate programmes for students aged 15 years and over who wish to work as performers, plus a variety of in-service training programmes, covering the following subject areas: Traditional Vietnamese Dance, Classical Ballet, Dance Music, Characteristics of International Dance, International Dance History, and Communicative Dance – Ballroom, Circus Dance, Light Music Dance, Fashion Show Dance and Pre-school Dance.