Top Vietnamese leader attends ceremony marking 950th anniversary of Imperial Academy

The event was jointly held by the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) Central Committee, National Assembly, President, Government, Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and Ha Noi.

Addressing the event, the top Vietnamese leader stressed that the founders’ thousand-year-old vision still carries profound theoretical and practical significance. National strength, he said, is not gauged by economic size or defense potential alone but by cultural depth, brainpower, resolve, human dignity and the aspiration to rise.

To carry Quoc Tu Giam’s values forward, he called for preserving the Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam heritage and putting its spirit into daily school life. He tasked Ha Noi to work closely with culture, education and research agencies to complete open digitised materials on the relic soon.

He pushed for wider equal access to learning, more creative room for teachers and a lifelong-learning culture, saying that priority must go to remote, far-flung and ethnic minority areas, with every disadvantaged child and disabled student properly schooled. 

Education managers, he said, must streamline the apparatus and cut red tape so teachers can focus on lectures, research and their mission to impart knowledge, build character and nurture dreams. 

Universities and vocational establishments should partner with businesses and research institutes so learners can test knowledge against real-world problems, and schools should become incubators for outstanding ideas and talent.

Party committees at all levels were asked to vigorously follow the Politburo’s Resolution 71 on breakthroughs in education and training, the Party Central Committee’s Conclusion 105 on strategic directions for attracting and employing talent, and the Politburo’s Resolution 80 on Vietnamese culture development.