New academic year starts in Vietnam
Monday, August 28, 2023, 14:10 GMT+7
Elementary, middle, and high schools in Vietnam welcomed their students back on Monday morning for the 2023-24 school year.
Millions of students across the country were eager to return to school after their summer holiday, which begins in early June each year.
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| Students pose for a photo on the first day of the new school year at Bui Thi Xuan High School in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on August 28, 2023. Photo: Nhu Hung / Tuoi Tre |
Over 1.7 million students attended the back-to-school festival in Ho Chi Minh City this morning, up 35,055 year on year.
As many as 2,325 schools citywide reopened their doors to K-12 students.
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| Students attend a flag-raising ceremony at Cao Ba Quat Elementary School in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City on August 28, 2023. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
Kindergartens, middle, and high schools saw the number of students going to school for the new school year soar, while elementary schools witnessed a year-on-year decrease of 28,165 students.
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| A first grader shows a V sign at Dinh Tien Hoang Elementary School in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
Bui Thi Minh Tam, principal at Au Lac Middle School in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, said that the school welcomed 1,330 students for the new academic year.
Vo Xuan Tien, a parent living in Tan Binh, recounted that his daughter was eager to go back to school.
Tra My, an eighth grader at Au Lac Middle School, said, “I expected to see my friends soon this morning, so I woke up early to come to school.”
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| Students show their new notebooks, pens, and pencils. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
“After three months of the summer holiday, I was excited to see my friends and teachers again. This school year is so important to me as it is my last academic year at school,” said Xuan Nghi, a 12th grader at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen Van Be Middle School in Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City was equipped with a series of new rooms, such as a music room, a fine art room, and two computer rooms, to improve the teaching and learning quality, said principal Dinh Thi Thien An.
On Monday morning, many roads and streets in Binh Duong Province, a neighbor of Ho Chi Minh City, were crowded with students returning to school.
All-level schools in the southern province welcomed more than 548,090 students, up 37,232 year on year, reported Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper.
The capital city of Hanoi opened the doors of over 66,000 classrooms for the new school year, up 846 year on year.
More than 2.2 million K-12 students were back to school in Hanoi to prepare for the 2023-24 school year, up around 69,000 against the previous academic year.
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| A teacher and her students pose for a photo at Luong The Vinh High School in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Nhu Hung / Tuoi Tre |
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| A homeroom teacher meets with her students at Cao Ba Quat Elementary School in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Phuong Quyen / Tuoi Tre |
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| Two students are eager to see each other again in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre |
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| Ngoc Anh encourages her son to enter school in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre |
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| My Anh, a first grader at Dinh Tien Hoang Elementary School in Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City, is excited on the first day of her new school year on August 28, 2023. Photo: Quang Dinh / Tuoi Tre |
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| Teachers give seedlings to sixth graders at Minh Duc Middle School in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City on the first day of their new school year on August 28, 2023. Photo: Ngoc Phuong / Tuoi Tre |
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