(HBO) – The Educational Council in Cao Phong district of the northern province of Hoa Binh recently held a ceremony to honour local study promotion examples in 2017. It was part of activities to honour families and clans with learning tradition as well as teachers and students who obtained high results in teaching and studying.
Chairman of the provincial Study
Promotion Association and Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Study Promotion Association
Quach The Tan attended the event.

Chairman of the Provincial Study Promotion Association Quach
The Tan commends and rewards organisations and individuals with contributions
to study promotion activities.
Over the years, Cao Phong district has determined education as its top
priority with human is the fundamental factor for the socio-economic
development. The district paid heed to study promotion activities and listed
those activities among important tasks of the locality.
In addition to strengthening the study promotion network in communes, hamlets
and clans, the district has invested in infrastructure and equipment procurement
for schools, aiming to improve the teaching quality. Thanks to the strong
development of study promotion campaigns, the number of students passing
university and college entrance exams has increased though years.
To encourage learning at schools, every year the district’s study promotion association
presents hundreds of gift packages worth hundreds of millions of dong sourced
from donations to award-winning and excellent teachers and students, as well as
students from difficult backgrounds with good study performance.
At the event, the Education Council of Cao Phong district honoured 417
organisations and individuals, including six insignias "for Vietnam study
promotion building and development cause”, and certificates to 13 outstanding
learning communities and outstanding study promotion clans, 24 excellent
families. Besides, the council presented certificates to six local officials
with master degree, 42 proficient teachers at the provincial level, 61 students
passing the university entrance exam, 146 award-winning outstanding students of
the province, 55 senior high school students with excellent study achievements,
and 12 outstanding students who overcome their difficulties to have good study
performance. Total budget for awards exceeded 100 million VND (4,400 USD)./.
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.