Vietnam names Nguyễn Hồ Mẫn Tuệ to 2026 Nordic-Baltic Physics Olympiad team

(GLO) – Once, standing atop a steep slope in Kon Ha Nung, watching clouds drift through the forest canopy, a sudden thought crossed my mind:

Thirteen awards were presented at the final round of the FPT Schools AI & Robotics Challenge (FAnRoC) 2025-2026, held on March 1 at FPT High School Quy Nhon. The regional competition brought together 42 teams from secondary schools across Gia Lai and nearby areas.

For a decade, a family in Vietnam’s Gia Lai province has quietly funded the Thiện Duyên Scholarship Fund, offering annual financial support to disadvantaged students in Phú Thiện commune and helping many remain in school and pursue higher education.

Gia Lai province has reported sweeping progress in its education system in 2025, marking one of its most comprehensive reform periods as the province moves to modernize teaching, expand digital tools and strengthen integration with national and international standards.

In Vietnam’s Central Highlands, ethnic minority families are sustaining a long-standing tradition of valuing education, a commitment that is shaping new generations of professionals and community leaders.

As the Lunar New Year approaches, low-income households across Gia Lai province are moving into newly built Great Solidarity houses, gaining safe shelter and renewed confidence after years of hardship.

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 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.

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.

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.