The Ho Chi Minh City authorities on November 26 rolled out a project to turn Vietnam’s largest southern economic hub into a smart city during the 2017-2020 period, with a vision to 2025.

(HBO) - In 1972, Le Quy Don Secondary School was established (its former was Phuong Lam Secondary School). Through many changes about its name, in the school year of 1997- 1998, it was named as Le Quy Don Secondary School and located in Group 28, Dong Tien ward, Hoa Binh city.

(HBO) - Based on the actual needs of many officials, staff, civil servants and armed force working in ethnic minority area without knowing their languages or understanding their cultural identities of Thai, Mong, Muong ethnics, the effectiveness of their work has been impacted a lot. Therefore, since 2010, the provincial center of continuing education officially opened training classes in Thai and Mong languages. After 7 years, the provincial center of continuing education has opened 19 training courses for about 1,243 learners. This makes an important contribution for the officials and staff to fulfill their tasks well in the ethnic minority areas.

Ethnic minority (EM) women and girls, numbering at an estimated 6.7 million people, are still a vulnerable group facing discrimination and dual inequality both in terms of ethnicity and gender derived from their environment. Therefore, the goal of ensuring gender equality for EM women and girls remains challenging.

(HBO) – The Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh province on November 20 held a ceremony awarding the title of "Meritorious Teacher” in the presence of Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Bui Van Cuu.

(HBO) – Insurer Dai-ichi Life Vietnam on November 14 teamed up with Hoa Binh province’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to present 800 gift packages to disadvantaged students in My Hoa commune of Kim Boi district and Trung Thanh commune of Da Bac district.

(HBO) - Tan Lac District has mobilized the combined strength of both the political system and the people classes to attend the movement of homeland security protection.

Chairman of the Quang Ninh province People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Long gave his approval for the proposal made by Hai Au Aviation to launch a seaplane flight route from Ha Long city to Co To Island.

Nearly 150 foreign and domestic participants discussed education policies and the future of international education at the APEC Future Education Forum held on November 15 in Hanoi.

(HBO) – The women’s union of Hoa Binh province in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Tan Lac district has launched "Green, clean, beautiful Saturday”, aiming to build the "model family” and "model commune” campaign in 2017.

(HBO) – Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long has led a working delegation of the ministry to the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh and presented 150 million VND to help the locality overcome consequences caused by unusual rains and floods.

(HBO) - At the Vietnam Fatherland Front Council of the Province, the Military Command donated money to the local people affected by the recent flood.

(HBO) - On November 7th, on the occasion of 87th anniversary of Vietnam Fatherland Front (18/11/1930 -18/11/2017), the people of Yen Hoa 1 Village in Yen Mong commune (Hoa Binh city) already organized the Festival Day of Great National Unity. Mr. Quach Tung Duong, the provincial Party Committee Member, the Secretary of Hoa Binh municipal Council attended and enjoyed the festival with the local people.

(HBO) - Seeing the classrooms and school under the soil and mud, broken furniture, books and learning tools tossing in the soil and mud, the teachers and pupils stood dumbfounded.

(HBO) - Being born and growing up in Hop Thinh Commune, Ky Son District, Lo Van Tien has a special passion of being a criminal policeman since he was a child. When he grew up, he was recruited into the Police Force and was trained as new soldier at the Mobile Police Battalion (Ministry of Public Security). After that, he was assigned to the Criminal Police Department of the provincial police. In 2001, he became Vice Captain, then the Captain of the investigative team of serious cases, which mainly investigated some seriously dangerous cases such as murder and robbery. In 2010, after the foundation of Police Warrant Department, Lo Van Tien was appointed as Vice Head of the Department, directly commanded the warrant team. Since then, his "criminal characteristic” has been revealed; he has become the "antipathy” of wanted crime. There have been a lot of seriously wanted criminals voluntarily confessing themselves to the police so that they could get the grace from the government.

(HBO) - Overcoming the accumulative challenges and difficulties, Hoang Van Thu High School for The Gifted has been recognized as a high quality center of Hoa Binh Education and Training Sector. On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the school’s foudation, the reporter coming from Hoa Binh Newspaper had an interview with Dr. Le Thi Hong - the principal of the school about the results and tried determinations in the future.

(HBO) – Trung Thanh Commune in Da Bac District seriously suffered from torrential rains and floods caused by a tropical depression from October 9-12 with heavy losses in both human lives and property. Following the calamity, local authorities and people have focused on overcoming flood consequences and stabilise inhabitants’ living conditions.

(HBO) - "After 10 years of implementing Instruction No. 11, there has been a positive change in the awareness of giving study and talent encouragement, building up a learning society within party committees and local administrations, among the line-up of officials, party members and people. This encouragement activity has been organized with specific programs to carry out. The movements of study and talent encouragement and building up a learning society in our province have been gradually developing widely and deeply. The Associations of study encouragement from province to local ones have been consolidated in time; bring into full play their key roles in mobilizing the contribution of social resources into the development of education and training. The activities of Centers for Continuing Education, Centers for Community Learning are on the right track with high quality, which firstly creates favorable conditions for the local people to participate in the learning association and then become an important educational institution. This makes a contribution towards building up a society study from the local associations”.

The Prime Minister has recently approved a target program on climate change adaptation and green growth for the period of 2016-2020, aiming to tap into the capabilities of the whole country in undertaking measures to adapt to the impacts of climate change, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the safety of life and property.

(HBO) – Upholding the tradition that "Healthy leaves cover torn leaves” and the pioneering and voluntary spirit of young people, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and youth associations at all levels in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh have actively contributed and called for resources to help local people affected by natural disasters soon stabilise their lives. At the same time, local youths have also been mobilised to help agencies, schools and households clean the environment, contributing to preventing post-flood diseases.

The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians on October 31 launched a campaign to raise funds for flood-hit residents in northern mountainous and north central provinces of the home country.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 30 conveyed a message to mark the 20th year of devastating Typhoon Linda – the worst to strike the Mekong Delta in 100 years, in which he called on people to stay vigilant and play a more active role in response to natural disasters.

As many as 117 outstanding third-year and fourth-year students from six universities in Hanoi, Hue, Da Nang, and Da Lat cities will receive Samsung Korean Scholarships funded by Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co. Ltd.

Education experts from Australia shared their country’s experience in running universities to meet the criteria of world university ranking systems at a workshop in Hanoi on October 26.