(HBO) – A creative playground model was inaugurated at Nguyen Tat Thanh School in Hoa Binh city on January 4. The inauguration ceremony saw the participation of representatives from the provincial Department of Education and Training, the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and the ACES Vietnam project.
Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the "Green Playground" project
at Nguyen Tat Thanh School in Hoa Binh
city.
The "Green Playground" is an educational playground model that
combines playfulness and streamlined education, which is different from normal
physical playgrounds. It consists of four sections: physical playground, recycling garden, herbal
garden, and Muong cultural space. Facilities in the physical playground are made from recycled materials.
Meanwhile, pupils can use plastic bottles to grow flowers in the recycling
garden.
The playground is part of the project "Community-centred educational model for
developing social resilience: playfulness towards an inclusive, safe and
resilient society”, which is implemented by the Hanoi University of Science and
Technology and funded by the Global Challenges Research
Fund (GCRF) with the participation of many universities
worldwide.
The playground was completed with the support of ACES Vietnam project, Yves
Perrin - a French teacher, and lecturers of the Hoa Binh
College of Education, and idea contribution of pupils. The model can be replicated in other schools in the locality, including those
in particularly disadvantaged areas./.
Hoa Binh is carried out investment projects to upgrade three district medical centres in Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts and Hoa Binh city. The projects are funded by the central budget under the Economic and Social Recovery and Development Programme, aiming to improve healthcare services. The goal is to gradually develop a system of modern and quality district-level healthcare facilities.
To improve the cultural and spiritual life of the elderly, the associations for the elderly at various levels in Hoa Binh province have created many interesting and meaningful activities, attracting the participation of a large number of old people. These activities provide opportunities for them to improve both their physical and mental health, enabling them to live happily and healthily.
The pilot programme for sending Vietnamese workers to the Republic of Korea (RoK) for seasonal agricultural jobs continues under a collaboration between localities of the two countries, running for five years from January 1, 2022.
Staff of the Red Cross Society of Hoa Binh province were deeply moved by a meaningful and humanitarian act by Mr Vu Huu Lung, 86, in Hoa Binh city, to donate his corneas, which brought hopes to those yearning for the light. Before passing away, Lung left behind a noble wish to donate all of his organs, including his corneas, to help patients suffering from blindness and those in need of organ transplants to revive their lives.
In the small house of Bui Van Luong in Bung 2 Hamlet, Thu Phong commune, Cao Phong district, an array of traditional items such as serving trays, woven storage baskets for blankets, sticky rice containers, and bamboo baskets are beautifully and skillfully crafted.
Over the recent past, the education and training sector of Hoa Binh province has paid great attention to reforming management activities, improving teachers’ quality, and innovating teaching methods that focus on quality and efficiency, at the same time with implementing the sector’s emulation campaigns and movements.
