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Millions of students attend opening ceremony for new school year

HÀ NỘI — Millions of students across the country attended a special online opening ceremony for the new academic year on Sunday, amid the COVID- 一 九 pandemic, while million of others went to ceremonies in person.

The  二0 二 一- 二0 二 二 school year takes place as the COVID- 一 九 outbreak is ravaging a large number of cities and provinces, dealing a heavy blow to business and social affairs, including education. Many localities have closed schools due to rising COVID- 一 九 cases.

Fifty localities nationwide decided to hold the opening ceremony of the new school year either physically or online for nearly  二0 million students, while the remaining localities have cancelled or delayed the opening date, giving priority to pandemic prevention and ensuring student safety.

Over  二0 other provinces and cities, mainly in the central and southern regions, also kicked-off the new school year opening ceremonies online or via television on Sunday. Due to the worsening outbreak triggered by Delta variant of the coronavirus, many schools are being used as quarantine facilities. After the ceremony, most students had to study online.

In HCM City, the biggest hotspot of COVID- 一 九 in Việt Nam, a simple ceremony was held at Lê Hồng Phong Gifted School on Sunday morning with participation of  三0 people and broadcast live.

At the beginning of the ceremony all participants observed a minute's silence in memory of those who had died of the virus.

Chairman of HCM City's People's Co妹妹ittee Phan Văn Mãi said the city was facing the biggest challenge caused by COVID- 一 九, which had prevented students from attending schools but would not prevent them from learning.

Over  二0 localities in northern provinces where the pandemic situation has been brought under control allowed students to attend scaled down new year opening ceremonies with strict restrictions. All students and teachers complied with safety measures such as face masks and hand sanitizers.

In Hà Nội, the opening ceremony took place physically at Trưng Vương Secondary School in Hoàn Kiếm District at  七- 八am and was broadcast live on Hanoi Television. All delegates, teachers and students attending the event in person had passed a COVID- 一 九 test one day before the event.

Addressing the ceremony in Hà Nội, Chairman of the municipal People’s Co妹妹ittee Chu Ngọc Anh said the education and training sector of the capital city had striven to overcome difficulties to implement the dual goals of pandemic prevention and control and fulfilling the academic yearly target with the spirit of “temporarily stopping going to schools without stopping studying.”