The overall goal of the project is to teach and learn, to foster the language and writing of Muong ethnic people for the officials and all people in the province, contributing to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of Muong ethnic people in the province. It is necessary to bring Muong writing into a fundamental and sustainable factor in educating ethics and national self-esteem through the cultural values for the young generation. It helps contribute to the diversity of the ethnic culture, at the same time, significantly contributing to the career of building an advanced culture imbued with national identity of Vietnam.

The specific objectives are as followed: By 2021, 5% of the civil servants and officials will have completed the learning program of Muong language; By 2022, 100% of school students and students in the province will have learnt the language of Muong ethnic people. By 2025, over 20% the civil servants and officials will have completed the learning program of Muong language. By 2035, 100% of the civil servants and officials of Muong ethnic people will have fluently used Muong language

Specifically, from 2018 to 2020, acquiring the direction of the Provincial People's Committee on implementing and organizing the scheme construction; setting up a contingent of experts and core lecturers teaching the language of Muong ethnic people; organizing the field surveys at 4 Muong: Bi - Vang - Thang - Dong; developing curriculum materials; training the teaching staff of Muong language for the provincial schools (about 500 teachers). 

From 2021 to 2025: They will implement the pilot teaching and learning in boarding schools for ethnic minority students, some high schools, one Center for Continuing and Vocational Education, Vocational Colleges and Schools and Hoa Binh Teacher Training College. The pilot teaching for the officials and the employees (one class) is expected. The phase 1 for the officials and employees (25% the officials in the province, about 4,000 participants) will be the deployed. From 2026 to 2035 the mass training for students of colleges and intermediate schools, students of high schools, students of the centers for continuing and vocational education, the officials and employees in need in the province and the neighboring localities if necessary.

To implement, the Scheme has set out 5 tasks and 4 groups of the specific solutions. They include the institution and implementation mechanism, building a contingent of lecturers and teachers teaching the language of Muong ethnic people; developing curriculum materials, documents and textbooks and building the infrastructure. The total cost of the project is expected to be over 60 billion VND.

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