(VNN) - Delivering a speech at the opening ceremony for the new academic year in Le Quy Don High School, Ho Chi Minh City, August 31, State President Nguyen Minh Triet said the Party and Government consider education the foundation for the country’s growth, as Vietnam’s integration into the global economy requires an intellectual work force.President Triet stressed the sector needs to overcome difficulties to improving teaching and learning. Students need to practice social and communication skills, especially foreign language skills.
He applauded social contributions of education in the city, in which Le Quy Don took the lead. The school reported that most of its students had graduated the final exam and half of them passed the university entrance tests.
The Vietnamese leader beat a drum to start the new academic year.
In related news, the deputy Education and Training Minister, Pham Vu Luan, attended the first ever opening ceremony of the Canadian International School.
The school’s 165 students, from 16 nations, will follow the Canadian school curriculum. Some scholarships, each worth US$200 – $10,000, will be awarded to excellent students and those who won exam competitions held in the country or internationally.
Heightening the effectiveness of the Nguyen Duc Canh Scholarship, which rewards children of poor employees who have achieved good results in school, was the theme of a meeting held by the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Association on August 31.
Participants said the scholarship should be raised to equal tuition fees to help needy children overcome difficulties.
The Nguyen Duc Canh program has presented over 246,000 scholarships, worth totally VND61 billion, to studious yet needy pupils and students for the past 15 years.
