40 years of Hanoi-Amsterdam: the leading educational brand of the capital and the whole country

On March 29, Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding (1985 - 2025), receiving the First Class Labor Medal. General Secretary To Lam sent a flower basket to congratulate teachers and students of the school.

Delegates attending the ceremony.

Attending the ceremony were Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh, Chairman of the National Assembly Deputies' Working Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Kim Chi, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha, along with representatives of leaders of ministries, departments, central agencies, Hanoi City; international ambassadors, many generations of school administrators, teachers, parents, and students through the periods.

Asserting leading position

Speaking at the ceremony, teacher Tran Thuy Duong, the school's principal, was moved to say: the anniversary is a special event, a joy and pride for generations of teachers and students of the school.

Established in 1985, Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted is a gift from the people of Amsterdam - Netherlands to Hanoi after years of war, a crystallization of the Vietnam - Netherlands friendship, a symbol of the aspiration for peace and development.

On behalf of the President and the city's leaders, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Vu Thu Ha awarded the First Class Labor Medal to the collective of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted.

Over the past 4 decades, the school has continuously strived to improve the quality of education, reaping proud achievements with more than 1,300 national awards, affirming its leading position in spearhead education, training talents for the capital and the country; 280 international awards of generations of students, contributing to the glory of Vietnamese intelligence on the world education map.

With a long tradition of teaching and learning, Hanoi - Amsterdam High School has kept pace with the era of science and technology, creating a breakthrough development. In STEM education, teachers and students together light up the fire of scientific passion, proactive spirit, and creativity through the vibrant activities of clubs, gradually making STEM a common language connecting students of many specialized groups, equipping students with a solid scientific foundation to become global citizens.

In addition to focusing on developing students' intellectual capacity, the school is determined to implement the goal of comprehensive education, creating conditions for generations of students to shine; find passion, be confident in extracurricular activities, arouse youthful enthusiasm, develop life skills when responding to the Youth Union movement, volunteer activities. Many excellent students have continued to train to join the Party's ranks, becoming a pioneering youth team.

Continued sustainable development

Congratulating teachers and students of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted on its 40th anniversary, Director of Hanoi Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong reviewed many outstanding achievements and the leading role of the capital's education and training sector in recent times and affirmed that creating such excellent results was the great contribution of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted.

Over the past 40 years, teachers and students of the school have made great efforts and steadily moved forward, building Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted into a leading educational brand in the capital and the whole country. The school has been evaluated and recognized by the Ministry of Education and Training, the People's Committee of Hanoi, and the Department of Education and Training of Hanoi as a pioneer in educational innovation activities.

Representatives of Hanoi People's Committee presented flowers and congratulated the achievements of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted.

Over the years, together with Hanoi's specialized schools and university-affiliated specialized schools, Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted has always been persistent and steadfast in its motto of intensive training, comprehensive education, pioneering creativity; constantly innovating, updating the progress of international education, affirming its leading position on the educational map of Vietnam as well as other countries in the region...

The school has many students winning prizes at city, national and international competitions for excellent students; many of the city's top teachers; has trained thousands of excellent citizens for the country; many of whom hold important positions in Party, state and city agencies, etc.

In order for Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted to develop more sustainably, worthy of its leading role and position in the country, the Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training emphasized: in the coming time, teachers and students of the school and the entire education and training sector of the capital will be united and determined to implement the direction of General Secretary To Lam, striving to develop the education and training career in the new era - the era of national growth, bringing the education and training sector of the capital to develop on par with developed countries with the spirit of autonomy - confidence - self-reliance - self-strengthening - national pride.

Principal of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted Tran Thuy Duong and student representatives with the traditional torch.

The school continues to focus on building a team of teachers who love their job, are good at their profession, are dynamic and creative; constantly improve the quality of comprehensive education; maintain and develop the brand of leading education. Along with that, the school continues to pay attention to training and developing the Party in the school, actively responding to the movement of schools working together to develop - teachers sharing responsibility; effectively managing, exploiting and using facilities, enhancing the application of IT, promoting international cooperation..., in order to improve the quality of teaching and scientific research.

The Director of the Department of Education and Training also hopes that the school's teachers will uphold the tradition and constantly strive to improve themselves; students will always strive to compete in their studies and achieve many excellent results to become future masters of the country, global citizens - the core force in building a rich and prosperous capital.

"With a tradition of 40 years of construction and growth, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, the Central and City leaders believe that Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted will continue to develop, grow, achieve many results, and contribute to the overall development of education and training in the capital and the country," said Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong.

At the ceremony, there was a meaningful and solemn torch handover ceremony between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vietnam and generations of teachers and students of the school to extend the spirit of solidarity and friendship.

In recognition of the outstanding achievements in training the young generation, the President decided to award the Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted the First Class Labor Medal.

 

During the 40 years of development, Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted has been honored to receive many noble awards and titles from the Party and State: First, Second, Third Class Labor Medals, Labor Hero in the Renovation Period, Second and Third Class Independence Medals.... From the 2014 - 2015 school year to the 2022 - 2023 school year, the school has continuously been awarded the title of Excellent Task Completion Collective, Emulation Flag of the City, Emulation Flag of the Government...

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