Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang affirmed thateducation is the foundation of national development and the decisive factor tothe nation’s future at the ceremony to launch the 2017-2018 academic year atTrung Vuong Junior High School in Hanoi.
Speaking in front of a crowd of students, teachers and parents, thePresident reiterated that the Party and State has always made education a topnational policy in order to help the country advance forward.
Trung Vuong school, the predecessor of which was the Dong Khanh girls’school, marks the 100th anniversary this year. It is one of theleading schools in the capital city.
Meanwhile, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended thenew school year ceremony at Le Ngoc Han Junior High School in My Tho city, theMekong Delta province of Tien Giang.
[Photos: Vietnamese pupils ring in new school year]
The top legislator urged teachers at the school to pay more attention toethics education for students, and local authorities and communities to investmore in improving education quality.
On the occasion, the NA Chairwoman presented 20 scholarships to needystudents, and a classroom equipped with computers to the school.
Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh attended the ceremony atVo Van Kiet Senior High School in Ho Chi Minh City. He took the occasion tolaunch a traffic safety month targeting school children.-VNA