On April 8^th, 2019, the ceremony to announce the establishment of ULIS Middle School (UMS) under ULIS – VNU was held at Sunwah Hall. Dr. Nguyen Phu Chien was appointed the school’s first principal. With the firm belief on its “strong launch to a bright future”, UMS will start enrolling students from the academic year of 2019-2020.

Attending the ceremony, from the People’s Committee of Cau Giay District and District agencies, were Mr. Tran Dinh Cuong, Vice Chairman, Mr. Do Minh Ngoc, Deputy Head of Internal Affairs Department, Mr. Vu ​​Quang Huy, Deputy Director of Cau Giay Electric Power Company, Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, Deputy Chief of District Police, Ms. Dang Thi Sinh, Deputy Director of District People’s Procuracy, Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Quyen, Principal of Mai Dich Secondary School, Ms. Doan Thi Oanh, Principal of Dich Vong Hau Secondary School, Ms. Vuong Thi Thu Trang, Principal of Trung Hoa Secondary School. From Dich Vong Hau ward, Mr. Tong Xuan Duy, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee and Mr. Mac Dinh Thang, Chief of Ward Police participated the ceremony.

From VNU, there were Mr. Nguyen Kim Son, VNU’s Director, Mr. Nguyen Hieu, Director of Personnel Organization Office, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Duc, Director of Academic Affairs Office, Mr. Le Tuan Anh, Vice Director of Cooperation & Development Office, Mr. Dinh Van Dung, Vice Director of Political-Students Affairs Office, Mr. Pham Xuan Hoan, Director of Planning and Finance Office, Mr, Nguyen Quang Huy, Head of Construction Committee, Mr. Tran Quoc Binh, Chief of Office and representatives from member universities and schools.

From ULIS, the ceremony was attended by President Do Tuan Minh, Vice President Ngo Minh Thuy, Vice President Nguyen Xuan Long, Vice President Lam Quang Dong and representative leaders of subdivisions.

After many efforts of the ULIS ​​- VNU and enthusiastic support of relevant agencies, on March 26, 2019, Chairman of Cau Giay District People’s Committee signed Decision No. 668 / QD-UBND on the establishment of Foreign Language Secondary School under ULIS – VNU. On March 28, 2019, Police Department on Administrative Management of Social Order issued a seal sample registration certificate to the Foreign Language Secondary School. On March 29, 2019, the Head of Education and Training Division of Cau Giay District signed Decision No. 42 / QD-PGD on allowing Foreign Language Secondary School to conduct educational activities. Till the day of March 29, 2019, the procedures had been completed so that the Secondary School of Foreign Languages ​​could implement enrollment starting from the school year of 2019-2020.

On March 27^th, 2019, President of ULIS – VNU signed Decision No. 808 / QĐ-ĐHNN on the appointment of Dr. Nguyen Phu Chien – Vice Principal of FLSS to be the Principal of UMS.

At the opening ceremony, Ms. Do Minh Ngoc, Deputy Head of Home Affairs Division of Cau Giay District announced the Decision on UMS establishment. On behalf of the district, Vice Chairman of Cau Giay District Tran Dinh Cuong handed the Decision to the President of ULIS – Dr. Do Tuan Minh.

On behalf of Cau Giay District, District Vice Chairman Tran Dinh Cuong sent congratulations to ULIS on the establishment of the Foreign Language Secondary School. The school is a quality complement to the county education, especially in the field of foreign language training. He believed the Foreign Language Secondary School would quickly develop, become highlight in the county’s secondary education and training. On March 13, 2019, People’s Committee of Cau Giay District and ULIS signed a cooperation agreement on many fields, promising the development of foreign language training of the district. In the upcoming time, Cau Giay district hopes that the school will continue to invest, so that the Foreign Language Secondary School will soon become a high-quality secondary school, a unit to practice pedagogical training of FLSS as well as other high schools.

Next, head of personnel organization announced to appoint Dr. Nguyen Phu Chien the Principal of the Foreign Language Secondary School, concurrently serveing as Vice Principal of FLSS. The President of ULIS – Dr. Do Tuan Minh gave the decision to Dr. Nguyen Phu Chien.

Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Do Tuan Minh affirmed that the Decision document held heavy loads of love of teachers and friends who supported and help turn the Foreign Language Secondary School from an idea, a humanistic desire to become a realistic entity. The paper of Decision also expressed the responsibility of generations of teachers and students of ULIS and FLSS, especially when FLSS had been preparing for its 50-year anniversary. The Decision of establishing the Foreign Language Secondary School signed on 26th of March, 2019 also demonstrated the belief of leaderships of Cau Giay district in the youth, the activeness, the creativity, and the ability of the youth to break through. The expectation of leaderships, of the society, of parents and students for this school is significantly high. Cau Giay district is also the place in which located several prestigious, qualified secondary school with many innovative directions. Therefore, how to locate the Foreign Language Secondary School in the educational map of the district, of Hanoi city and on larger scale, of the whole country is a question worthy of concern.

The ULIS’s President also sympathized with parents’ concerns about trust issue, whether or not to send their children to attend grade 6 at the Foreign Language Secondary School during this first school year. However, parents can trust the school’s guarantee on the following factors: Each class has no more than 25 children/class. The school’s educational philosophy is to create patriotic, compassionate, hardworking, honest and responsible citizens. Students know how to share housework with their parents. Students are not obliged to study physical education but they will participate in sports clubs according to their interests and swimming class is mandatory. Students will have outdoor breaks to mingle with nature and the community as well as to participate in extracurricular activities such as visiting museums/charitable foundations for practical insights and social skills. Parents will accompany the school in the education and improvement of their children. Emphasis is put on learning in class instead of doing homework. Parents’ trust in the school will surely be repaid.

Sharing the joy of VNU having a school of secondary level for the first time, which demonstrated the diversity in the training of VNU, Assoc. Dr. Nguyen Kim Son expressed his belief in the development and implementation of the responsibility/mission of the Foreign Language Secondary School. VNU Director expected the newly developed school to be associated with the practice of foreign language, to nurture language gifted students, and to become one of the outstanding names that enhance the prestige of ULIS ​​in particular and VNU in general.

In his speech at the ceremony, Dr. Nguyen Phu Chien said that the Foreign Language Secondary School was born in the period of intense competition and challenges in education. However, the new Headmaster of the Foreign Language School expressed absolute confidence in the development of this school.

“That confidence comes from the tradition of Vietnam National University, of the University of Languages and International Studies; from the experience and valuable lessons drawn in the course of 50 years of building, developing and transforming the Foreign Language Specialized School ​​under ULIS – VNU into a prestigious school.

That confidence also comes from the dissimilarity, the Foreign Language Secondary School is a junior high school associated with specialized high school and university. Students of the school will be able to study with well-qualified and dedicated teachers from gifted high schools; with educational specialists, foreign language specialists, authors of the university programs and textbooks. Students will also benefit from the latest scientific research with the aim of improving learning effectiveness; they will inherit, promote strengths and limit weaknesses of gifted school models; they will study and join group activities with the participation of foreign language pedagogical university students.” Dr. Nguyen Phu Chien affirmed and thanked all organizations, collectives and individuals for enthusiastically supporting the establishment of the Foreign Language Secondary School. The announcement ceremony of the decision to establish the Foreign Language Secondary School ended successfully. The ceremony marked a milestone in the development promising great successes of the Foreign Language Secondary School, the latest unit of University of Languages and International Studies; the youngest school in Vietnam National University, Hanoi.