A small, beautiful student of the Tay ethnic group started to learn Chinese when she entered grade 10. With the dream of studying in a good environment with many excellent friends, after graduating from secondary school, Huyen crossed more than 100 km from Kim Bang village, An Lac commune (Son Dong) to Bac Giang city to take an entrance exam to the Bac Giang High School for the Gifted. Huyen was the only student from the upland district of Son Dong to enter the Bac Giang High School for the Gifted that academic year.

Hoang Thanh Huyen.

Once the district’s good student in English, Huyen's "entrance" test score was only average compared to 34 classmates. Huyen told herself that because Chinese is a new subject, all of the students are at the starting line so everyone must try.

The more she studies Chinese, the more attractive to her the subject is. To deeply understand the language she is pursuing, Huyen spent most of her time learning to speak, read and write new words, alongside the culture and development of China.

Huyen's father and mother are both primary school teachers working in the mountainous district of Son Dong, so they always encourage Huyen to study hard to rise up and set an example for her two younger siblings.

Being harder than friends with families in Bac Giang city and having to stay in the dormitory, Huyen is happy and quickly integrates into the living and studying environment away from home as she has been used to live independently since childhood.

Having a lot of time, Huyen often goes to the school library to borrow textbooks and bilingual books related to China. This is a valuable resource that helps her soon accumulate a lot of useful knowledge to improve her understanding and capacity as a basis for motivating her passion to pursue this new and challenging subject.

When at school, in the monthly exams periodically held by the school, she always led the class in Chinese. In the 11th grade, Huyen was selected by her teachers to the team of excellent students attending the national exam in Chinese. However, in that exam, she did not get enough marks to win a prize. That was the motivation for the student passionate about Chinese to try her best in this year's exam with outstanding achievements.

Nguyen Thi Hien, a teacher in charge of the team attending the national exam in Chinese of the Bac Giang High School for the Gifted, said: "Huyen is a student with capacity to learn foreign languages. She not only learns foreign languages, but also tries to study and expand her understanding of the history, culture and society of China, so she has obtained a huge volume of knowledge. Her vocabulary has increased in just a short time because this student is very diligent in reading bilingual books to study the Chinese culture".

Hoang Thanh Huyen (first row, second from right) with her teachers and friends in the Chinese language team.

In 2021, Huyen won the second prize at the 14th "Chinese Bridge" contest for high school students in Vietnam organized annually by the Ministry of Education and Training and the Chinese Embassy.

Not only studying Chinese well, Huyen is also good at all subjects. She always ranks first in her class in the average score of all subjects. The small schoolgirl is also an exemplary class monitor who actively participates in the school's movement activities. In many exchange programmes, Huyen was chosen as the host. She is also the art nucleus of the school who is loved and trusted by teachers and classmates.

With the first prize in this year's national exam for excellent students, Huyen is eligible for admission to a number of universities in the country, but she is "hunting" for a full scholarship from the Chinese Government to study abroad.

Samsung Electronics Vietnam presents scholarships to 200 impoverished students with good academic result

(BGO) - The Study Encouragement Association in Bac Giang province on December 12 cooperated with Samsung Electronics Vietnam Company Limited (Samsung) to hand over 200 scholarships and gifts totally worth over 240 million VND (10,440 USD) to impoverished students with good academic results in ten districts and city.

Students in Bac Giang city win high prizes at SIMSO2021

(BGO) – Four students at Tan My Primary School in Bac Giang city (Bac Giang province) attended and won high prizes at the National Round Online Exam of Siam International Math And Science Olympics 2021 (SIMSO2021), including two gold for Hoang Thu Huong and Cao Thi Hai Yen at class 4A2, one bronze for Hoang Tuan Hung at class 5A5 and one Achiever Medal for Do Trong Bao in class 4A3.

Accompanying impoverished students to school

(BGO) - For recent years, the life has been dramatically changed. However, due to different reasons, many childrens living in poor, near poor families or orphans are till wishing to go to school. By granting sponsorship scholarships, the study encouragement association at all levels, political - social organizations and kind hearted people have joined hands to share  their difficulties to help them realize the school dream.  

Scholarships granted to impoverished students

(BGO) - The Study Encouragement Association in Yen Dung district (Bac Giang province) has held a ceremony to hand over scholarships of Samsung Electronics Vietnam Company Limited to impoverished students with good academic result. 

“Five-Good Student” movement creates practicing environment for the youth

(BGO) – “Good study, good ethics, good physical strength, good volunteer, good integration” are criteria to strive for in “Five – Good Student” movement which is widespread among the students in Bac Giang province to create environment for the youth to study and practice toward building an image of comprehensive student in new era.