On August 27, Thanh Thuy Inter-level Ethnic Minority Boarding Primary and Lower Secondary School officially welcomed its first students to the new campus. The spacious and well-equipped school, featuring classrooms, boarding facilities, a dining hall, a multipurpose building and other facilities for teaching, learning and daily activities, brought joy and excitement to both teachers and students.

Nestled amid the Dong Van Karst Plateau, Pho Bang Village (Pho Bang Commune) exudes the tranquility of a borderland community, where centuries-old rammed-earth houses and the unhurried pace of life of the Mong and Hoa ethnic groups remain well preserved. The coexistence of these cultures has created a distinctive identity for Pho Bang.

In the early days of summer, a journey through Chi, Tinh, Trung and Khan Nho villages reveals a vast expanse of lush green fields at the peak of the growing season. In cucumber fields, trucks line up from early morning to collect the freshly harvested produce. Across peanut plantations, farmers are busy weeding and earthing up the crops to help them take root. Meanwhile, newly renovated ponds are gradually being covered with floating duckweed, ready for the next stocking season.