Khanmigo poised to become a powerful tool for teachers and students in Vietnam

AI as a Tool, Teachers as the Core

In recent years, Khan Academy - the world’s leading free educational platform - has been developing Khanmigo, an AI-powered assistant designed to support teachers as well as act as tutors for students around the globe.

Already piloted in public schools across the U.S., Brazil, India, and the Philippines, Khanmigo has helped teachers streamline tasks like lesson planning, grouping students, writing feedback, setting rubrics, and generating reports. For students, the tool enables personalized, self-paced learning. Instead of simply providing answers like other models, Khanmigo guides learners through each step, promoting deeper understanding.

A Khan Academy representative speaks at the 2025 Math Open Day.

During the 2025 Math Open Day (MOD) - jointly hosted by the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM), The Vietnam Foundation, and the Kien Giang Department of Education and Training, Khan Academy representatives shared details about 25 dedicated Khanmigo tools for teachers, grouped into five key areas: Planning (lesson plans, learning objectives); Content Creation (quizzes, multiple-choice questions, classroom newsletters); Content Personalization for different student groups; Individual Education Plan (IEP) Support; Self-Directed Learning for teachers’ professional development.

Ms. Emily Goldman, Khan Academy’s Manager of International Strategy and Operations, emphasized: “When we think about AI in education, our guiding principle is: humans first, AI second. AI is a powerful tool - but it’s not the goal. What truly matters is helping students deeply understand content, build confidence, and develop self-directed learning skills. In that journey, teachers remain at the heart of everything.”

Khanmigo was built to reduce teachers’ administrative and classroom management burdens so they can focus on what only humans can do: inspire, guide, and emotionally connect with students. From the outset, Khan Academy has prioritized safety and responsibility in AI integration by implementing robust control features, transparent standards, and feedback systems for educators, parents, and school leaders.

Empowering Vietnamese Teachers and Students with AI - In Vietnamese

As the Vietnamese government accelerates digital transformation in education, integrating AI in classrooms has become increasingly essential via policies like Resolution 57-NQ/TW, Decision 131/QĐ-TTg on applying information technology in the education sector, and Circular 02/2025/TT-BGDĐT on digital competency frameworks.

Khanmigo is seamlessly integrated into the Khan Academy platform, which is already widely used by millions of teachers and students globally, including in Vietnam. By 2024, Vietnam had become the second-largest user base for Khan Academy worldwide, trailing only the U.S. - a clear sign of the country’s readiness to adopt Khanmigo more broadly.

Combining thoughtful technological innovation with Khan Academy’s mastery-based learning philosophy, Khan Academy aims to support meaningful educational transformation in Vietnam’s AI era, in collaboration with teachers, students, and administrators.

For teachers, Khan Academy and Khanmigo offer a comprehensive suite of teaching tools—from lesson planning and content customization to IEP development and student feedback. These tools enhance educators’ ability to apply technology in teaching, communicate effectively in digital environments, accurately assess student progress, and reduce time spent on administrative tasks, allowing them to focus more on their central mission: inspiring learners and shaping future-ready citizens.

For students, interactive learning experiences with Khanmigo help develop critical digital competencies: information search, data processing, logical thinking, and problem-solving. Personalized learning combined with instant feedback from Khanmigo, which functions as an AI tutor, strengthens students’ self-learning abilities and technological fluency—three core pillars of the Ministry of Education’s digital competency framework.

The AI-powered application Khanmigo promises to become a powerful “catalyst” for teaching and learning in Vietnam.

Khanmigo holds strong potential as a transformative force in Vietnamese education. In a conversation with The Worldn and Vietnam Report, Ms. Emily Goldman revealed that Khan Academy U.S. is currently working towards piloting Khanmigo in Vietnamese - a major step toward global tech access tailored for local learners.

“Vietnam’s commitment to digital transformation in education aligns closely with Khan Academy’s mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We’re exploring opportunities to bring Khanmigo to Vietnam in partnership with local stakeholders and our goal is to ensure that the experience is grounded in the needs of Vietnamese learners, teachers, and the broader education system. Khanmigo can help teachers with planning and feedback, support students with individualized academic support, and offer school systems a scalable tool for personalized learning,” Ms. Goldman shared.

By enabling students and teachers to use AI effectively and responsibly in Vietnamese, this innovation also supports a crucial new component in the Ministry of Education’s updated digital competency framework: Artificial Intelligence Application Skills.

Bringing together Khan Academy’s mastery-based learning model with Khanmigo’s AI capabilities creates a comprehensive digital learning ecosystem - one that integrates digital competency development into every lesson, curriculum plan, and stage of a teacher’s professional journey.

Currently, VNF’s Khan Academy Vietnam (KAV) Program - the official and sole representative of Khan Academy in the country - is working closely with the U.S. team to launch the Vietnamese version of Khanmigo. The goal is to bring this powerful tool to 1.6 million teachers and over 20 million students across Vietnam. For KAV, these strategic partnerships are driven by a shared belief that high-quality education should not be a privilege for a few but a right for all. As teachers and students in Vietnam embrace this initiative, the journey is only just beginning.

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