(HBO) – A ceremony celebrating 55 years of the late President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Hoa Binh high school of young socialist workers, now known as Hoa Binh ethnic boarding school, took place in the northern province of Hoa Binh on August 17.

Attending the event were Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Bui Van Tinh, Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Nguyen Van Quang, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Quang and Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee Bui Thi Thanh. 



Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong presents Labour Order, third class, to Hoa Binh ethnic boarding school. 



 Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Bui Thi Thanh presents gifts to lecturers, students of Hoa Binh high school of young socialist workers

The school was founded on April 1, 1958 under the initiative of the Hoa Binh provincial Party Committee. Despite difficulties and challenges, lecturers and students worked hard to fulfill assigned tasks, turning the school into a model nationwide.



Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong cut the ribbon to inaugurate the relic site marking Uncle Ho’s visit to the school. 

On August 17, 1962, the late President visited the school and left the autograph "Must-have:  study well, work well. Keep striving, keep progressing”. 

Over the past years, the Hoa Binh ethnic boarding high school has reaped important successes, leading the provincial high schools and ethnic schools nationwide in terms of teaching and learning quality. Thanks to gained achievements, the school has been honoured with the Party and State distinctions such as the Labour Order, first, second and third class, the Independence Order, third class, the Flag of the government, 



Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong and local leaders contemplate artifacts and photos at display house. 

The school’s lecturers and students also vowed to continue building on the past achievements to maintain its current status. 

Vo Van Thuong presented Labour Order, third class, to the school in honour of its education-training achievements from 2011-2012 to 2015-2016 academic years. 

Bui Thi Thanh presented gifts of the VFF’s Central Committee to the school. 

After cutting the ribbon to inaugurate the relic site marking Uncle Ho’s visit to the school, Thuong and provincial leaders offered incense, visited the site’s display house, planted trees and released fish on the premises.

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