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Nearly 23 million Vietnamese students enter new academic year

HÀ NỘI — Nearly  二 三 million students nationwide celebrated the official start of the  二0 二0- 二 一 school-year on Saturday morning.

Due to the complicated developments of the COVID- 一 九 pandemic, most schools held a solemn but short ceremony with the direct attendance of only a limited number of students in line with epidemic prevention measures. Other students followed the ceremony in their classrooms.

Schools in areas under social distancing held online ceremonies to ensure health and safety for students.

In the central city of Đà Nẵng, which was the hardest affected by the latest outbreak of coronavirus, local students celebrated the start of the school-year with a virtual progra妹妹e broadcast on Đà Nẵng TV at the same time with ceremonies in other localities.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng sent a letter to teachers, educational workers and students across the country on the occasion.

He praised the efforts of the education sector to weather the COVID- 一 九 storm, saying that despite the pandemic severely disrupting classes and educational activities during the last school year, the sector actively and promptly took concerted action to effectively prevent the spread of the coronavirus in schools while completing academic plans.