Bilingual education for ethnic minority children in Viet Nam

Vang Thi Thu Ha, 9, participates in the bilingual education pilot 

Vang Thi Thu Ha, a third grader at Ban Pho Primary School in Lao Cai - a poor northern mountainous province of Viet Nam, is articulating the strengths of bilingual education and a more equitable future for the nation’s ethnic minority population.

UNICEF's Next Generation Vietnam Field Visit

From 17 till 21 June, representatives from the US Next Generation, a group of young entrepreneurs that advocate for UNICEF in the United-States, visited UNICEF projects in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Thap. UNICEF Next Generation United States members are influential and passionate young adults (age 18-35) who are committed to supporting UNICEF's mission to fulfill the rights of all children through the deliverance of educational and fundraising programmes. Nicole Neal, one of these visitors, has shared her diary with us.