Addressing the event, Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh stressed that education - training is the foremost national policy and a cause of the Party, the State, and the entire people, serving as a crucial foundation for solidarity, mutual respect, and support for shared development among ethnic groups.

Outstanding ethnic students honored at the ceremony.

With the Party and State's special attention, education in ethnic minority and mountainous areas has seen remarkable progress, with the network of schools and classrooms in those areas continuously developing, he noted.

This year, the annual commendation ceremony honoured 125 students and youths from 33 ethnic minority groups nationwide who excel in academics and sports at national and international events, along with in their careers and startups, including 4 ethnic minority students from Bac Giang province.

Among the 4 students honored, 3 study in Bac Giang province, including Chu Thanh Hien (born in 2006), Nung ethnic group, student of Luc Ngan High School No. 4, currently a student of Hanoi Educatin University No. 2; Ly Linh Nhi (born in 2006), San Chay ethnic group, student of Son Dong High School No. 1, currently a student of Hanoi National University; Nguyen Thi Hanh Phuong (born in 2006), Nung ethnic group, student of Son Dong High School No. 2, currently a student of Hanoi Pedagogical University 2.

The three above mentioned students all had excellent academic results in the 2023-2024 school year and achieved 28 points or higher in the combination of 3 subjects for university admission (excluding priority points) in the high school graduation exam and university admission exam in the 2023-2024 school year.

In addition, Lai Dinh Kien (born 2006), Tay ethnic group, from Bac Giang, was also honored. In the 2023-2024 school year, Kien won second prize in Chemistry in the national excellent student competition. He is currently a first-year student at Foreign Trade University.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh praised and congratulated the honourees on their excellent achievements. He also commended the high sense of responsibility and fruitful contributions by teachers, parents, authorities at all levels, sectors, and organisations to encouraging and caring for the students throughout their learning process.

Students: Ly Linh Nhi (left) and Chu Thanh Hien (right), two of the four ethnic minority students from Bac Giang who are honored.

He asked the honourees to maintain their will, nurture great aspirations, strive to overcome all difficulties and challenges, improve self-awareness and sense of discipline, broaden their vision, and acquire knowledge from both books and the real life while sharing experience with and helping their friends to progress together.

This year's ceremony was the 11th held since 2013 to honour exemplary ethnic minority students and youths, showing the Party and State's attention to training and fostering talents to develop high-quality human resources in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, thus contributing to the nation's development. As many as 1,317 people have received commendation so far.

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