Le Quy Don High School, Ho Chi Minh City celebrates 150th anniversary

On the morning of January 18, Le Quy Don High School (District 3, Ho Chi Minh City) held a ceremony to celebrate the school's 150th anniversary.

Students of Le Quy Don High School at the 150th anniversary celebration of the school's founding on the morning of January 18 - Photo: MY DUNG

Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Bui Minh Tam - Principal of Le Quy Don High School - affirmed: "The school has truly been a nursery of personality, a place to nurture talent, a launching pad for generations of students to integrate internationally.

The school has produced the golden generation of Chasseloup Laubat School, Jean Jacques Rousseau during the Southern resistance war, who contributed great qualities and great intelligence to the country and the world; The school nurtured and trained generations of students during the time of independence and freedom, who lived their youth to the fullest to build the country...

And now, the school has and is having a generation of Le Quy Don High School students in the industrial revolution era, inheriting the strategy of personalized education, globalized education and digital education...".

Mr. Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue - member of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, Head of the Propaganda Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (middle) and Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee (third from right) presented the flag of 150 years of construction and development to the board of directors of Le Quy Don High School - Photo: DUYEN PHAN

Le Quy Don High School was started in 1874 and completed in 1877, teaching from primary to baccalaureate according to the French curriculum. When it was first established, the school was called Collège Indigène (native high school), and was soon renamed Collège Chasseloup Laubat.

The expansion of Vietnamese students (who must have French nationality) was carried out in the early 20th century. The school was divided into two separate areas: the area for French students, called Quartier Européen, and the area for Vietnamese students, called the native area, but both places studied the same French program and took the French baccalaureate exam.

The torch lighting ceremony was performed by the principals of Le Quy Don High School at the ceremony - Photo: DUYEN PHAN

In 1954, the school changed its name again to avoid recalling the colonial period, but was still managed by the French, mainly teaching Vietnamese students.

In 1970, the school was returned to the Vietnamese and renamed Le Quy Don Education Center, with classes from grade 1 to grade 12. After the country was unified, on August 29, 1977, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee signed a decision to establish Le Quy Don High School.

Le Quy Don High School is currently part of the public system of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training. The school is recognized as a historical-cultural relic, a city-level scenic spot and is considered the oldest high school in Vietnam.

Students of Le Quy Don High School perform at the 150th anniversary celebration on the morning of January 18 - Photo: MY DUNG

150 years of history

Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy - Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee - said that Le Quy Don High School's 150th anniversary marks the 150-year history of the city's architectural and artistic relic, encouraging the journey of innovation that the school has pioneered and persistently carried out over the past 20 years.

"I would like to tell the 150th generation of students of the school, you are the next brilliant generation of the school, a high-quality human resource for the city and the world in the current era" - Ms. Tran Thi Dieu Thuy said.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/truong-thpt-le-quy-don-tp-hcm-ky-niem-150-nam-thanh-lap-20250118135546872.htm