In the academic year, the city had 174,497 excellent students, including 4,739 students who won high prizes at international, national and municipal examinations.

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Excellent students honored at the ceremony 

Addressing at the ceremony, Head of the Information and Communications Board of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Than Thi Thu praised achievements of the city’s Education and Training Department and students in the 2016-2017 school year.

The education sector of the city fulfilled all three criteria namely raising people's intellectual standards, human resource training, and fostering talents, she said.

To contribute to building high quality human resources of the city so as to meet the requirements of national industrialization and modernization, she affirmed the city will, in the coming time, create favorable conditions for the local education and training sector to develop.

She also urged the education and training sector to actively attach attention to scientific research; address the city’s urgent issues related to education; develop a high-quality contingent of education managers and passionate teachers, thus contributing to building Ho Chi Minh City into a civilized and modern city, deserving the name of Uncle Ho.

Translated by Thuy Duong