FAnRoC 2025-2026 finals in Gia Lai award 13 prizes, select teams for national round

Gia Lai’s streets, markets and neighborhoods are brimming with activity on the 29th day of the last lunar month, as residents make final preparations for Lunar New Year’s Eve.

(GLO) – Every spring, schools across Gia Lai province revive the values of the traditional Tet holiday through “special classes,” where students not only acquire knowledge but also nurture their souls and deepen their love for this time-honored celebration.

Large batches of bánh chưng and bánh tét are being prepared across villages in the Central Highlands as communities in western Gia Lai province join hands to support disadvantaged households and strengthen ethnic solidarity ahead of Tet.

Gia Lai’s trade unions have launched a broad range of support programmes to ensure that every union member and worker can celebrate the Binh Ngo Lunar New Year 2026 in a warm and meaningful atmosphere.

As Lunar New Year approaches, spring flower markets across central Vietnam are filling with colour and visitors, even as vendors grapple with sluggish early sales and weather-related setbacks.

Saigon Co.op has sent 900 disadvantaged migrant workers back to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, as part of its annual “Happy journey - Returning home for Tet” programme, reinforcing its commitment to community welfare during Vietnam’s most important holiday.

Digital transformation is reshaping everyday life across Gia Lai province, where residents from urban wards to remote mountainous areas are increasingly relying on digital tools for business, public services and community connectivity.

Village elders and respected community leaders in Vietnam’s border regions are playing an increasingly influential role in frontline security as the provincial Border Guard Command expands grassroots engagement to reinforce territorial protection and social stability.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai University Medical Hospital broke ground on the second phase of its high-tech facility project on February 10 in Hoi Phu Ward, marking a major expansion aimed at strengthening healthcare capacity in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

Leaders of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union on February 8 delivered Tet gifts, scholarships and community support to residents, veterans and soldiers in Gia Lai province, as part of the 2026 “Spring at the Border - Tet on the Islands” program.

The Youth Union and Youth Federation of Gia Lai Province, together with the Ho Chi Minh City Social Work Center and the Vietnam Bud Project, distributed hundreds of Tet gifts to disadvantaged residents on February 4 under the “Tet of sharing” programme.

Compassionate Tet-care initiatives are reaching poor and vulnerable families across several localities as the Lunar New Year 2026 approaches, with authorities, mass organizations, and businesses delivering financial support, essential goods, and livelihood assistance to ensure no one is left behind.

The Gia Lai Provincial Traffic Police are accelerating digital transformation and modernizing management practices as rising vehicle volumes place increasing pressure on maintaining road safety across the expanded provincial network.

Youth organizations across the province coordinated a series of large-scale social welfare programs from January 30 to February 1 to support disadvantaged households, children, young workers, and border communities ahead of the Lunar New Year.

Students from Nguyen Du Secondary School received the “Overcoming Adversity” award at the final round of the VEX Robotics Competition held in Hanoi from January 31 to February 1, 2026.

As the dry season sets in across western Gia Lai province, local forest management units have deployed early and extensive prevention measures amid rising risks of wildfires driven by hot and dry weather.

Vietnam on January 29 launched a USD 102.5 million project aimed at reducing emissions and improving climate resilience across the Central Highlands and South Central Coast, as pressure from deforestation and greenhouse gas output intensifies.

Gia Lai’s education authorities have called for sweeping, flexible, and comprehensive measures to accelerate reforms in the second semester of the 2025-2026 academic year, as the province prepares to implement major national policies on educational transformation.

Pham Thi Tam Anh, a 12th-grade English major at Hung Vuong High School for the Gifted in Gia Lai province, has won a consolation prize in Literature at the 2025–2026 National Excellent Student Competition, marking her third consecutive year on Vietnam’s national honor roll for the subject.

Nhon Chau island commune in Vietnam is set to receive an additional passenger ferry after the Nhon Chau 05 vessel completed its legal procedures and technical upgrades, local authorities confirmed.

Gia Lai province is accelerating safe vegetable production to secure supplies for the Lunar New Year (Tet), as farmers recover from late-2025 floods and respond to rising consumer demand for high-quality, clean produce.

Quy Nhon University on January 22 convened a high-level discussion on adopting English as a second language across its academic programmes, bringing together university leaders, lecturers, students and senior specialists from the University of New South Wales (Australia).

Young members of the Communist Party are taking on expanded responsibilities at the grassroots level, spearheading legal education, community support and cultural preservation initiatives across several localities, according to local Youth Union officials.

Gia Lai Province’s Vice Chairman Lâm Hải Giang on January 21 urged contractors and relevant agencies to accelerate construction of a multi-level boarding school project spanning seven border communes, insisting the work must be completed by July 30.