New school year, new joy
The 2026-2027 school year is the first year that schools operate after arrangement and merger. According to the latest guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), the opening ceremony of the 2026-2027 school year and the inauguration of inter-level boarding schools in land border communes will be held from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM on September 5th, in a direct combined online form nationwide.
Muong Khuong Ethnic Minority Boarding Primary and Secondary School (Lao Cai) was selected as the central bridge point to organize the inauguration ceremony of inter-level boarding schools and the opening of the new school year nationwide. The school is invested with 257 billion VND with a scale of 28 classes, expected to welcome 980 students. Lu Thi My Doi, a 9th grade student at Muong Khuong Ethnic Minority Boarding Primary and Secondary School, said: "I will try to study really well, have more memories with teachers and friends this school year.
If the joy of the beginning of the new school year for highland students like Doi is to study and live in a new, beautiful, and spacious space, then in Hanoi Capital, Le Thao Linh - a 7A2 student at Cu Khoi Primary and Secondary School (Long Bien ward, Hanoi) came to the opening ceremony with a feeling of excitement and eagerness. This school year, the school she studies is a multi-level school, formed on the basis of merging Cu Khoi Primary School and Cu Khoi Secondary School.
Thao Linh expressed: "I set a goal to continue to try and strive to study to continue to achieve the title of excellent student. I also want the school to organize many experiential activities so that students have the opportunity to explore, practice and confidently develop themselves.
According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Lieu - Principal of Cu Khoi Primary and Secondary School, the opening ceremony of the new school year 2026 - 2027 has a noteworthy point that the school plans to have a bilingual program to promote students' foreign language skills.
At Victoria Thang Long 3 Primary and Secondary School (Phuc Loi ward, Hanoi), Principal Tran Thi Thuy said that in addition to continuing the national opening program, the school is developing a separate program for students to have practical experiences and activities.
A school year of thinking innovation, strong transformation
The 2026-2027 school year is the second year of implementing Resolution 71-NQ/TW of the Politburo on breakthroughs in education and training development. Immediately after the opening ceremony, schools will start teaching plans, focusing on implementing the assigned tasks and goals, towards clear changes in the quality of education.
Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son said that the first thing is to implement a program and a set of unified textbooks nationwide. Along with that, mechanisms and policies for the teaching staff will continue to be implemented to create important motivation for the teaching staff.
For students, the attention and investment of the State and localities is clearly shown through many policies such as tuition fee exemption, lunch support, 2-session/day teaching, especially some localities have taken the lead in exempting textbooks for students.
This year, 108 border schools will be put into use - this is a complete difference compared to previous years.
For university students, this year there is a very strong change in basic science, key engineering and strategic technology.
There will be over 40,000 students entitled to scholarships and financial support.
The head of the education sector affirmed: "The determination and efforts of the entire sector are shown right in the theme of the new school year: Innovation in thinking, strong changes, substantive results. I believe that the teaching staff will do their best to transform policies and mechanisms into specific and substantive results.
Da Nang: Educational changes in border areas
More than 360,000 students throughout Da Nang City enter the 2026-2027 school year with many new expectations when a series of support policies and school buildings are completed, especially in mountainous and border areas. At Tay Giang Primary and Secondary Boarding School (Tay Giang border commune, Da Nang City), the atmosphere of preparing for the new school year takes place urgently. Principal Ho Thi Tam said that the school has more synchronous facilities, dormitories, functional rooms, creating a favorable environment for students to study with peace of mind. Tay Giang School is one of 6 inter-level boarding schools in border communes of Da Nang built with a total cost of nearly 1,800 billion VND. Quang Tri: Renovating surplus headquarters into school points
Before the opening of the new school year, Nam Dong Ha ward, Quang Tri province (Dong Ha city, former Quang Tri province) has completed the renovation of the surplus headquarters into a new school point. The Phan Dinh Phung Secondary School point, Nam Dong Ha ward has just been renovated from the old headquarters of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Quang Tri province. Nam Dong Ha Ward People's Committee has proposed to Quang Tri Provincial People's Committee to receive the original state of the house and land at the old headquarters of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Quang Tri province (No. 270 Hung Vuong street) to renovate into Phan Dinh Phung Secondary School point (after merging Nguyen Du Secondary School into Phan Dinh Phung Secondary School). Before the opening ceremony, 950 students entered the first school opening ceremony at the new school point. The functional conversion from the 4-story building has been 100% completed with 12 theoretical classrooms, 8 subject classrooms, meeting standards. The administration and library areas are spacious and scientifically arranged. The 500
increasing school places before the new school year
Ho Chi Minh City has put into operation 1,027 new classrooms, exceeding 27 rooms compared to the target of 1,000 classrooms for the 2026-2027 school year. This result comes from the emulation campaign "150 days and nights to complete 1,000 classrooms", along with the exploitation and conversion of the function of existing facilities. According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the city has also converted the function of some facilities to supplement learning places, such as Ha Huy Tap High School with 16 more classrooms.
Teachers and students in An Giang border area eagerly look forward to the new school
On September 5, An Giang province held the inauguration of 3 Primary and Secondary Boarding Schools in border communes Giang Thanh, Vinh Gia, Khanh Binh, with a total investment of phase 1 of more than 388 billion VND from the central budget. Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Pham Quang Nho - Principal of Giang Thanh Primary and Secondary Boarding School said that the school has mobilized students to come to class, currently there are 934 students, reaching a class attendance rate of 100%; of which more than 50% of students are Khmer ethnic minorities.
The school coordinates with Battalion 6 to support 6 soldiers and 10 contract staff to serve cooking for boarding and semi-boarding students. "Teachers, students and people of Giang Thanh commune are very happy to have a new spacious school, creating conditions for students in difficult circumstances to study and train better" - Mr. Nho shared.
