A letter by Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on the occasion of the new academic year 2019-2020.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visits Son Tay High School, Hanoi. (Photo: Thong Nhat/ VNA)

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan beats the drum to kick off the 2019-2020 academic year at Thap Muoi High School in Dong Thap province on September 5. (Photo: Trong Duc/ VNA)

Many schools forgo balloons on this day in response to the ‘say no to plastic waste’ campaign.

Phan Dinh Giot Primary School, Hanoi, in the jubilant atmosphere of the new school year.

More than 1,500 students of Nhan Chinh High School, Hanoi, attend the new school year opening ceremony.
New school year opening ceremonies are postponed in the central province of Nghe An due to unfavorable weather conditions.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Party Committee, Nguyen Thien Nhan, beats the drum to kick off the new school year at 145-year-old Le Quy Don High School in Ho Chi Minh City, September 5.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam joins teachers and students of Le Van Tam Primary School in District 7 of Ho Chi Minh City in a ceremony to start the new academic year. (Photo: VGP/ Dinh Nam)

The 2019-2020 academic year opening ceremony at Kim Dong Primary School, Hanoi.
Students of Kim Dong Primary School enjoy a new school year.
The new school year opening ceremony of 30-year-old Giang Vo Secondary School.

A representative of the Giang Vo school managing board presents certificates of merit to outstanding students, including two who won gold medals in the World Invention Creativity Olympic which took place in South Korea in July 2019.
“Back-to-school celebration” – Tuoi Hoa Kindergarten in Hanoi.
Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue beats the drum to kick off the 2019-2020 academic year at Ly Nam De Primary School in Hung Ha district, in the northern province of Thai Binh.
More than 200,000 students in Lao Cai province attend the new school year opening ceremony.
Treo bridge in Ho hamlet in Lao Cai is renovated ahead of the new school year.
772 schools cross the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai kick off their 2019-2020 new school year opening ceremonies.
Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Information and Education Commission Vo Van Thuong shares the joy of the new school year with teachers and students at Chu Van An Secondary School in Ngo Quyen district, in the northern city of Hai Phong.
Students at Che Li A Primary School in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.
100 photos featuring the Truong Sa archipelago and DK1 platform are on display at the new school year opening ceremony at Luong The Vinh School, Hanoi, to help students and teachers learn more about Vietnam's sea and island sovereignty.
On this occasion, the school presents 300 gifts to students whose fathers are stationed on faraway islands.
At the closing ceremony, all students write down their best wishes and attach them to 1,000 star lanterns for students whose fathers are stationed on remote islands.