(HBO) – By life skills education, students have been given a chance to strengthen the capacity and quality, and promote positive, active and creative characteristics. These students feel self-confident and brave in all activities. Moreover, life skills education also has positive meaning in which it helps students consolidate the knowledge learned in the class. As a result, these students are equipped with life skills, collaborative communication and self-awareness. Additionally, they can learn how to express empathy and cultural behavior as well as make decision and solve problems. Finally, students are able to enhance their creative thinking, emotional management and face challenges. The outstanding result of life skill education is that students could gain the knowledge to use in practice and take care of themselves and their families.

Students in Hien Luong Secondary School (Da
Bac district) are equipped and instructed swimming safety skills and drowning
prevention.
According to the statistics of Department of
Education and Training, there are 43 schools in Da Bac district (including 20
kindergartens, 12 primary schools, 11 secondary schools and 10 high schools).
By the end of 2017 to 2018 school year, 100 percentages of the schools have
provided life skill education for students with the participation of 1368
teachers. Life skills education was organized by the schools through these
activities which were integrated in daily lessons, extracurricular classes,
creative experiences and talent clubs. At the moment, all of schools have
established many clubs such as elementary mathematics clubs, elementary
literatures clubs, English clubs, music clubs, chess clubs and football clubs.
Especially, the work of life skills education
has been inspired beautifully and attractively by these extracurricular classes
with practical and informative topics such as accident and injury prevention,
traffic safety, environmental protection and self-defense skills. Also, they
popularize life skills education and health protection.
In order to improve the quality of life
skills education, the schools have strengthened coordination with the local
authority, the families and other organizations to inform the development of
students, consult further about how to train and educate children. For example,
they could give students chances to visit the historical sites and support
finance for schools to organize extra-curricular activities
The National Science and Engineering Fair for secondary and high school students was held at Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City from March 19-21 by the Ministry of Education and Training.
As women's participation in key leadership positions of Hoa Binh province is still modest while some women in rural and mountainous areas or from ethnic minorities face limited access to policies, the provincial Party Committee's Organisation Board has advised the provincial Party Committee's Standing Board to direct Party committees at all levels and localities to pay more attention to training female personnel and creating favourable conditions for women to take over leadership and management roles, thus addressing a shortage in the number of female cadres.
The Department of Education and Training of Hoa Binh province held a conference on March 18 to review the performance of the "Safe and Happy School" Project and set out tasks for 2025. The project, funded by the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (TFCF), aims to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment for students. The event saw the attendance of representatives from the TFCF and 26 beneficiary schools.
With over 70% of their workers being women, trade unions across industrial parks (IPs) in Hoa Binh have been actively safeguarding their legal rights and interests while implementing initiatives to improve their income and well-being.
In recent years, the Hoa Binh provincial General Hospital has continuously innovated itself and improved the quality of medical services to meet the increasing needs of local people. With substantial investments in infrastructure and modern equipment, along with a team of highly qualified doctors and nurses, the hospital has gradually established itself as one of the leading medical units in the Northwestern region and a trusted destination for healthcare for people inside and outside the province.
From mastering the fundamentals of programming to achieving national recognition, the Programming Club of the Le Van Tam Primary School (STAR LVT28) in Hoa Binh city has made remarkable strides in the field of robotics.