Vietnam launches first it’l quantum hackathon as Gia Lai positions for high-tech future

Motivated by concerns raised during her university studies, Lý Minh Hằng, a student at the International University - National University Ho Chi Minh City and alumna of Lê Quý Đôn High School for the Gifted, has led the Aurora Prime team to first prize at the 2025 Stem Cell Innovation Competition.

High school students in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province are mobilising grassroots charity initiatives, raising tens of millions of dong to support disadvantaged children, hospital patients and struggling workers, all while maintaining strong academic records.

Storm- and flood-hit communities in central Vietnam have rebuilt hundreds of homes ahead of the 2026 Lunar New Year, restoring stability and renewed hope to families left devastated by Typhoon No. 13 and historic flooding late last year.

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.

Sustainable poverty-reduction programmes are reshaping border communes in Vietnam’s Gia Lai Province, where new homes, improved roads and expanding farms are signalling rising living standards.

The Jrai community in Ia Tôr commune continues to preserve a longstanding marriage custom in which the bride’s family delivers firewood to the groom’s family as a gesture of gratitude and respect. 

Communes and wards across Gia Lai province have simultaneously launched a range of practical activities to improve the local environment, creating a bright, green, clean, and beautiful landscape to ensure residents can celebrate the Lunar New Year in a safe and healthy manner.

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.

Bong Son Regional General Hospital has accelerated the adoption of advanced surgical and diagnostic techniques in 2025, significantly improving treatment outcomes and meeting rising healthcare demand, hospital leaders said.

The Secretary of the Party Committee of Dien Hong Ward, Đoàn Hữu Dũng, on January 27 visited a family in particularly difficult circumstances, offering encouragement and financial assistance as local authorities pledged continued support.

Demand for Tet (Lunar New Year) 2026 gift baskets is rising across Việt Nam, with retailers reporting strong orders from corporate and individual buyers amid ongoing economic uncertainty.

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.