(HBO) - In Hanoi, the Soroban-Rainbows math community has organized a National Soroban-Rainbows Math Competition for Young Talents in 2018. The Hoa Binh team has 13 pupils from the International Green Star Center of Fostering Talent and Foreign Languages participating in the competition.

The candidates from the Hoa Binh team
participated in the National Soroban-Rainbows Math Competition for Youth
Talents in 2018.
At the competition, the contestants
competed in two categories: soroban (using Japanese calculator for
calculations) and finger math (using hands to add, subtract in 99). At each
category, the contestants had to participate in two rounds: looking to
calculate and listening to calculate. 50 calculating rows in 10 minutes of
workout required the contestants to focus on high concentration and thinking
skills. At the end of round 1, 100% of contestants of Hoa Binh delegation
gained the highest points and were allowed to go to the final round.
The final result was that the contestant Ly
Hai Bang, born in 2011 of Hoa Binh won the first prize at the finger math
content; 5 out of 8 second prizes belonged to the contestants from Hoa Binh. In
addition, there were four winners of the third prizes and 1 consolation prize
and two contestants were recognized as The National Soroban-Rainbows Youth
Talents.
On May 15, the Hoa Binh Steering Committee for Science, Technology, Innovation, and Digital Transformation launched the "Digital Literacy for All” movement. The event was held both in-person and virtually, connecting provincial authorities with district-level Party committees and local communities across communes, wards, and townships.
The People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province on May 16 held a conference to honour outstanding intellectuals for their contributions in 2025.
The Standing Board of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee has held a conference to announce the provincial Party Committee’s decision about the merger of Hoa Binh Newspaper and the provincial Radio and Television Station, along with the Standing Board’s appointment decisions.
After the historic victory on April 30, 1975, which liberated the South and reunified the country, the whole Vietnam embarked on a new mission — promoting peace and reconstructing the nation with century-defining projects. On the fierce Da River, over 30,000 engineers, sappers, and construction workers battled against rocky mountains and raging floods to achieve a remarkable feat. The Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia at that time, officially began generating electricity, lighting up the North and ushering in a new era of industrialisation.
Muong Dong in Kim Boi district, one of the four major Muong regions in Hoa Binh province, is harnessing its revolutionary legacy and cultural heritage to drive socio-economic transformation.
Throughout April, the joyful atmosphere of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification spread nationwide. Together with the whole country, residents in Hoa Binh city also expressed their patriotism through meaningful and practical actions.