State leader attends opening ceremony of new school year at National University of Agriculture
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony marking the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day and the new academic year 2021 - 2022 at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) in Hanoi on November 20.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) presents the Meritorious Teacher title to 12 lecturers of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture at the ceremony on November 20 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – President NguyenXuan Phuc attended a ceremony marking the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day and the newacademic year 2021 - 2022 at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA)in Hanoi on November 20.
Applauding the university’s achievements,the State leader underlined the challenges facing Vietnam’s agriculture in thetime ahead and asked the VNUA to help the country’s agriculture gain afoothold, catch up with changes of the era, including digital transformation,and turn challenges into opportunities.
He affirmed education - training isa national policy and science - technology the key to national development.
The Party and State always trust andhope the VNUA will keep upholding its glorious tradition and making practicaland effective contributions to sustainably developing agriculture, buildingnew-style rural areas, and forming a class of civilised farmers, he highlighted.
President Phuc requested the universitystrive to soon become an exemplary research university while boosting thecombination of research activities with training and working to serve demand insociety.
He also asked relevant ministries andsectors to assist the VNUA to become an exemplary university and take part inthe national target programme on new-style countryside building, the one onsocio-economic development in ethnic minority areas, as well as otherprogrammes in the time ahead.
The leader expressed his hope thatVNUA teachers and students will turn their enthusiasm and intelligence into anendless source of energy lighting up rural areas in Vietnam.
On this occasion, the President presentedthe Meritorious Teacher title to 12 lecturers of the university./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) presents the Meritorious Teacher title to 12 lecturers of the Vietnam National University of Agriculture at the ceremony on November 20 (Photo: VNA) 
