(HBO) – On August 17, a delegation from the Ministry of Education and Training, led by Minister Phung Xuan Nha, made a working visit to Hoa Binh. The delegation held a working session with provincial officials, including Bui Van Tinh, Party Central Committee member and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee; Tran Dang Ninh, Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council; and Nguyen Van Quang, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
Currently, Hoa Binh has a total of 660 educational facilities,
of which 275 schools acquire the national standard. The rate of pupils
completing primary and junior high education hits over 99 percent, while the
rate of graduation at senior high schools is between 95 and 99 percent.

Party Central Committee member and Minister of Education and Training Phung
Xuan Nha concludes the working session.
Speaking at the working session, Bui Van Tinh, Party Central
Committee member and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee, stated Hoa
Binh has made significant efforts in merging schools to streamline the
education sector’s apparatus while maintaining training quality.
He said the province has paid due attention to career guidance
for students in line with socio-economic development and local conditions.
Tinh asked the Ministry of Education and Training to advise the
Government on policies on high-quality boarding education for ethnic minorities
and planning of teacher’s training facilities.

Party Central Committee member and Minister of Education and Training Phung
Xuan Nha visits and presents a class for information technology learning to
Hoang Van Thu Senior High School for Gifted Students.
Tran Dang Ninh, Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party
Committee and Head of the provincial People’s Council, proposed designing
policies to encourage biennial language usage in public agencies and continue
the reform of methods to assess students’ performance.
Concluding the session, Minister Phung Xuan Nha said the
Ministry of Education and Training is focusing on improving its training school
network, particularly pedagogic facilities; and shaking up the arrangement of
schools to cut number of managers and add more facilities and equipment.
The assessment of teachers’ quality should include teaching
skills, professional ethics, social relations, and self-learning, he added,
asking the province to carefully check demand for teachers at different levels
of education, apply IT in teaching and management, and design standard English
courses.
Career guidance for students, teaching of ethnic languages and
international cooperation are also important, Nha noted./.
More than just an information technology teacher, Bui Van Nien is an inspiring figure who has nurtured the scientific curiosity and creative spirit of students in Vietnam’s ethnic minority communities.
Da Bac is the most disadvantaged mountainous district in Hoa Binh province, with ethnic minorities accounting for about 90% of its population. Over the past years, the district has mobilised resources to implement ethnic policies to improve the quality of life of local people.
In recent years, Hoa Binh province has consistently prioritised the protection, care, and education of children, particularly those from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged backgrounds, by creating a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment for their all-round development.
The Steering Committee for Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control of Hoa Binh province, in coordination with the Tobacco Harm Prevention and Control Fund, held a ceremony on May 28 in response to the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) and the National No Tobacco Week (from May 25 to 31). The event was chaired by Nguyen Van Toan, Standing Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and head of the Steering Committee.
Since 2021, the Center for Industrial Promotion and Industrial Development Consulting (CIIDC) under the Department of Industry and Trade has been implementing a school lighting model as part of the plan for using energy efficiently and economically in Hoa Binh Province in the pẻiod of 2021 - 2025. This model not only aims to improve the learning conditions and enhance the education quality, but it also promotes the message of energy saving, energy security, environmental protection and contributes to the goals of socio-economic development.
In the 2024 - 2025 school year, the entire Hoa Binh provincial education sector includes 520 educational institutions and schools. Among them are 13 ethnic boarding schools with 153 classes and 4,487 students. Four of these schools have met national standards, reaching 30.7 percent.