(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./.
The Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh province held a conference on March 18 to review the performance of the "Safe and Happy School" Project and set out tasks for 2025. The project, funded by the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (TFCF), aims to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment for students. The event saw the attendance of representatives from the TFCF and 26 beneficiary schools.
With over 70% of their workers being women, trade unions across industrial parks (IPs) in Hoa Binh have been actively safeguarding their legal rights and interests while implementing initiatives to improve their income and well-being.
In recent years, the Hoa Binh provincial General Hospital has continuously innovated itself and improved the quality of medical services to meet the increasing needs of local people. With substantial investments in infrastructure and modern equipment, along with a team of highly qualified doctors and nurses, the hospital has gradually established itself as one of the leading medical units in the Northwestern region and a trusted destination for healthcare for people inside and outside the province.
From mastering the fundamentals of programming to achieving national recognition, the Programming Club of the Le Van Tam Primary School (STAR LVT28) in Hoa Binh city has made remarkable strides in the field of robotics.
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Committee and the Vietnam Youth Federation chapter of Hoa Binh province organised a programme on March 12 to launch the "Digital Literacy" movement and an online quiz on the resolutions of the Vietnam Youth Federation congresses at all levels, as well as the Politburo's Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation, and national digital transformation.
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