Leaders share new school year’s joy with students nationwide

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 5 beat the drum to kick off the 2019-2020 academic year at Son Tay High School in Hanoi’s outlying Son Tay township.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc beats the drum to kick off the 2019-2020 academic year at Son Tay High School in Hanoi on September 5. (Photo: NDO/Tran Hai)
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc beats the drum to kick off the 2019-2020 academic year at Son Tay High School in Hanoi on September 5. (Photo: NDO/Tran Hai)

Speaking at the ceremony, PM Phuc congratulated the school on the achievements it has recorded over the past 60 years, and lauded its efforts in renovating teaching and learning methods.

The Party and State always pay attention to education and training, he affirmed, noting his hope that the sector, including the Son Tay High School, will contribute more to national construction.

Apart from official subjects, schools should place more importance on teaching morals, lifestyle and life skills, thus promoting comprehensive development of students, PM Phuc said.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc talks with students at Son Tay High School in Hanoi as they kick off the 2019-2020 academic year on September 5. (Photo: NDO/Tran Hai)

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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc join educational officials and teachers at Son Tay High School in Hanoi to plant trees as the 2019-2020 academic year starts on September 5. (Photo: NDO/Tran Hai)

On the same day, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan joined teachers and students of the Thap Muoi High School in Thap Muoi district, the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, in a ceremony starting the 2019-2020 academic year.

At the event, Chairwoman Ngan said she hopes teachers and students will make unceasing efforts to fulfil tasks for the year and obtain new achievements, thereby helping to equip younger generations – the future masters of Vietnam – with comprehensive knowledge and skills so that they can adequately contribute to the country’s industrialisation, modernisation and integration into the world.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan beats the drum to start the new school year at the Thap Muoi High School in Thap Muoi district, Dong Thap province on September 5. (Photo: NDO/Huu Nghia)

The parliament leader asked the education sector to press on with realising the Party and State’s policies on reforming the management and promoting the quality of education, including ethics and life skill education, thereby creating high-quality human resources for the country.

NA Chairwoman Ngan also expressed her hope that in the new school year, students nationwide will make efforts in learning and self-improvement so as to help turn Vietnam into a strong and prosperous nation that is comparable to other countries around the world like what late President Ho Chi Minh aspired.

Also on September 5, Party and State leaders attended the school year starting ceremonies at various educational institutions across the country.

Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission Vo Van Thuong came to share the new school year’s joy with teachers and students of the Chu Van An Secondary School in Ngo Quyen district, the northern city of Hai Phong.

Politburo member Vo Van Thuong (L) presents a picture of Uncle Ho to the teachers and students of Chu Van An Secondary School in Ngo Quyen district, Hai Phong city. (Photo: NDO/Quang Dung)

Meanwhile, Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue beat the drum to kick off the 2019-2020 academic year at the Ly Nam De Primary School in Hung Ha district, the northern province of Thai Binh.

The ceremony at the Hung Vuong High School in Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho, saw the presence of Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh.

Politburo member Nguyen Van Binh (third from right) presents flowers to congratulate teachers and students of Hung Vuong High School in Viet Tri city, Phu Tho province. (Photo: NDO/Ngoc Long)

Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh participated in the ceremony at the Hoang Hoa Tham Primary School in Thanh Hoa city, the central province of Thanh Hoa.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, representatives of the Government Office and the Ministry of Education and Training, and leaders of Bac Giang province joined teachers and students of Thang Town Primary School in Hiep Hoa district at the school year beginning ceremony.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong was also present at a similar ceremony of Hoang Van Thu High School in Yen Bai province.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee, Hoang Trung Hai, attended the opening ceremony of the new school year 2019-2020 at Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted.

On September 5, Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Party Committee, Nguyen Thien Nhan, joined teachers and students at the Le Quy Don High School in District 3 to kick-start the new school year.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh presents scholarships to 30 disadvantaged students at the Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in Nam Dinh city, Nam Dinh province. (Photo: NDO/Tran Khanh)

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh took part in the celebration at the Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted in Nam Dinh city, the northern province of Nam Dinh.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam joined teachers and students of the Le Van Tam Primary School in District 7 of Ho Chi Minh City in a ceremony to start the new academic year.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man attended the ceremony of Da Bac Boarding Secondary and High School for Ethnic Minority Students in Hoa Binh province.

On this occasion, he generously handed over 15 gift packages worth VND30 million (US$1,290) to poor students with outstanding academic achievements and five guitars to the school.

There are more than 24 million students at all levels nationwide in the 2019-2020 academic year, which officially began on September 5.

Following are several pictures on the first day (September 5) of the new school year across the nation captured by Nhan Dan Newspaper correspondents:

Teachers and students in Ban Ho hamlet in Sa Pa district (Lao Cai) walk on a new suspension bridge to replace the old one swept away by flooding at the end of June to go to school to start their new school year. (Photo: NDO/Quoc Hong)

First grade students at Nui Thanh Primary School, Hai Chau district, Da Nang city on the opening day of their new school year. (Photo: NDO/Anh Dao)

Students of the Lang Son provincial boarding ethnic minority high school performing traditional musical instruments to celebrate the opening of the new school year. (Photo: NDO/Hung Trang)

Schools in Ha Tinh flooded due to heavy rains in recent days, so the opening of the new school year have been held right in the classrooms. (Photo: NDO/Ngo Tuan)

Presenting bicycles and scholarships to disadvantaged students At Nguyen Van Troi Elementary School in ward 3, Vi Thanh city, Hau Giang province. (Photo: NDO)

Leaders of Bac Lieu province present free helmets to students of Kim Dong Primary School in Bac Lieu city. (Photo: NDO)