Get ready for a special opening ceremony

(Dan Tri) - This is the first year that the opening ceremony has been held in 34 provinces and cities, instead of 63 provinces and cities as before. The event connects online to educational institutions nationwide, from kindergarten to university.

Specifically, the opening ceremony of the 2025-2026 school year will be held at the National Convention Center , Hanoi, at 8:00 a.m. on September 5. The event will be broadcast live on VTV1 and connected online to all educational institutions nationwide, from kindergarten to university.

This is a rare event in the history of Vietnamese education when all universities and vocational education institutions, from public to non-public, will simultaneously hold opening ceremonies on the same day as preschool and general education levels, combining live in Hanoi and online to educational institutions.

The event has a "double" meaning, both welcoming the new school year and celebrating the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Ministry of National Education (now the Ministry of Education and Training ), marking a long journey of development of the country's education.

Hanoi students and teachers on the opening day (Photo: Manh Quan).

This year's opening ceremony, in addition to the individual activities of the schools, from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., delegates, teachers, students and pupils attended a joint program organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, which was broadcast live.

Important ceremonies will be held in the general program, including the flag salute and the national anthem. General Secretary To Lam will give a speech and beat the drum to open the school year.

Schools are now ready for the opening ceremony. With this year's special opening ceremony, according to the instructions of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, schools will arrange and assign different students to attend depending on each grade and level.

Some kindergartens and primary schools arranged for students in lower grades to attend the opening ceremony in class and watch it on TV. Older students gathered in the school yard and watched it on an LED screen.

Schools can hold school activities from 7-8am. From 8am onwards, schools will connect with the opening ceremony organized by the Ministry of Education and Training at the National Convention Center.

Responding to Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Nguyen Quang Tuan, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Education and Training, said that each locality will have a bridge connecting to the National Convention Center (where the live program takes place).

Teachers clean up mud and flood to prepare for the opening ceremony in Thanh Hoa (Photo: Thanh Tung).

Hanoi chose Phan Huy Chu High School as the connection point. “We are coordinating with Phan Huy Chu High School to prepare everything from facilities to transmission lines to avoid problems during the opening ceremony,” said Mr. Tuan.

Ms. Nguyen Boi Quynh, Principal of Viet Duc High School (Hanoi) said that this year the school has a total of 2,624 students, including more than 900 10th graders. Because the school is under construction, this year's opening ceremony must be held at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Palace.

“Around 7-8am, the school will have cultural and artistic programs to celebrate the opening ceremony, and the ceremony to honor the top students in the entrance and exit exams. Notably, this year the school has a student with severe motor disabilities, and the school will combine to give gifts to this student,” said Ms. Quynh.

Mr. Le Hong Chung, Principal of Yen Hoa High School, said that all the work for the opening ceremony has been relatively completed. “At the beginning of the day, the school will spend an hour organizing a cultural and artistic program, honoring the top students in the entrance and exit exams. From about 8:00 a.m. onwards, all students in the school will watch the live broadcast on a large LED screen,” said the school principal.

HCMC students attend the opening ceremony of the new school year

In the Central region , to prepare for the new school year, teachers in many places are working hard to clean up the mud after the recent storm.

At the Kindergarten and Primary School in Tam Thanh Commune, Thanh Hoa Province, storms and floods caused thousands of tons of rock and soil to fall into the school.

Ms. Ngan Thi Thuong, Principal of Tam Thanh Kindergarten, said that by the morning of September 1, all storm and flood recovery work had been basically completed. The school is rushing to redecorate the campus and hang the national flag to prepare for the opening ceremony of the new school year.

To ensure the opening ceremony goes well, many schools in Ho Chi Minh City rent large TV screens in the school yard for students to easily watch.

The official opening ceremony of Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade took place from 7:30 to 10:30 on September 5 with more than 360 lecturers and students attending.

The school will organize an online connection for the Opening Ceremony of the 2025-2026 school year and the 80th Anniversary Celebration of the Ministry of National Education (now the Ministry of Education and Training) organized by the Ministry of Education and Training.

After the nationwide opening ceremony, the school organized activities such as receiving scholarships; rewarding valedictorians, salutatorians and students with high admission scores in this year's admission season; giving gifts of gratitude to parents and new students...

Before the official opening ceremony, the school will hold a rehearsal on the afternoon of September 4.

At Vietnam Aviation Academy, preparations for the special opening ceremony of the 2025-2026 school year along with the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Ministry of Education and Training have been made in terms of halls and equipment.

School activities such as opening speeches, freshmen speeches, valedictorian awards, etc. will take place after the nationwide opening ceremony.

In Ca Mau, the Department of Education and Training requires schools not to organize quality tests at the beginning of the school year to avoid creating pressure on students; not to arrange selective classes or advanced classes (except for specialized classes in specialized high schools) in any form to avoid creating pressure and easily causing the phenomenon of "running for classes".

This locality will hold the opening ceremony on September 5 according to the schedule of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/san-sang-cho-le-khai-giang-dac-biet-20250903115200035.htm