(HBO) - On October 5, the Organizing Committee of the global DO YOUR :BIT contest announced the final results with 45 prizes for the most outstanding products, which have been selected from more than 1,000 contested products. Among the 18 teams that won the Winner prize (the champion award) divided among 6 regions around the world, the student team of Hoa Binh province excellently won the Winner award in the Asia-Pacific region. This is also the first Vietnamese student team to win and the highest prize at the DO YOUR :BIT contest.
(From left to right) They are Bui
Minh Nhat, Nguyen Duc Manh, Dang Hai Dang excellently won the Asia-Pacific
champion award, the global DO YOUR :BIT contest.
With the project "Healthcare
Support System for the Elderly”, 3 students from Cong Nghiep High School and
Provincial Boarding High School for the Ethnic Minorities excellently won the
Regional Champion award. In the Asia-Pacific region, including Dang Hai Dang,
Nguyen Duc Manh (Cong Nghiep High School), Bui Minh Nhat (the Provincial
Boarding High School for the Ethnic Minorities). This is a particularly
outstanding achievement of our provincial students when participating in the
playgrounds of scientific research and technological innovation experience of
international level. They are excellent faces, representing the students of Hoa
Binh province as well as the young generation of the country participating the
contest and winning the top prize.
DO YOUR :BIT contest is organized
by the Micro:Bit Education Foundation of the BBC Media Group. The competition
has a global scope for students from 8 to 18 years old from all over the world,
with the theme of applying technology to work towards 17 global goals initiated
by UNESCO. The contest has attracted nearly 1,000 entries from thousands of
young people and teenagers from many countries. In the end, the Organizing
Committee has chosen to award 45 prizes, including 18 champions, divided among
6 regions and 3 contents. The project of our provincial students is highly
appreciated, aiming at goal number 4: Health and happiness.
Evaluating the product of the
students of Hoa Binh province, the contest jury emphasized: "We are very
impressed by the uniqueness of the idea and implementation way. It is a closely
combined project and a lot of effort has been made. The idea of the project is
a big deal for the people all over the world. The project is well presented,
the problem is clearly defined and they solve it through a specific solution”.
The emulation movement "Hoa Binh joining hands to build new-style rural areas” has been widely spreading, becoming a driving force that motivates the localities to renew rural landscapes and improve the material and spiritual lives of the residents. In this movement, the people play a central role-both as the main implementers and direct beneficiaries of its outcomes.
In response to the global digital revolution, Hoa Binh Newspaper is transforming itself into a modern and multi-platform media hub, blending cutting-edge technology with a restructured newsroom and a new generation of tech-savvy journalists.
Hoa Binh province’s Association of the Elderly recently held a conference to review the project on expanding the inter-generation self-help club model until 2025.
In a move to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW, issued on December 22, 2024 by the Politburo, which targets breakthroughs in science-technology development, innovation, and digital transformation, the Hoa Binh provincial Department of Health has issued a plan to roll out the "Digital Literacy for All” campaign within the local health sector.
An Nghia Commune (Lạc Sơn District) is one of the communes that achieved the tha standard of the national new rural area in 2018. Entering a new development phase, the commune is now trying to meet the criteria for the advanced new rural development. With the strong political will and the public consensus, the commune is gradually overcoming the challenges to reach this goal, aiming for the sustainable development.