Where creative passion takes flight

Parents of students at Sung Phai Primary and Secondary School teach hand embroidery techniques to their children and grandchildren.

Teacher Bui Ha Van - Head of the "Nang" sewing and embroidery club said: 100% of the students studying at the school are Mong and Dao ethnic groups. In the 2021-2022 school year, the club was established with the aim of creating opportunities for students to demonstrate their talents, dexterity, know how to preserve, conserve and promote unique hand embroidery techniques, and inspire their passion for creativity.
Implementing the general goal of the 2018 General Education Program is to educate people to develop comprehensively, both meeting social requirements and maximizing the potential of each individual to meet the requirements of life, study and work; contributing to preserving the national cultural identity, meeting the requirements of national development in the integration period. Stemming from that spirit, the school has oriented to organize experiential and creative activities associated with local reality. Specifically: students can interact with the elderly in the village about hand embroidery techniques, the meaning of hand embroidery patterns on brocade fabric. These activities help students foster their love for national culture, contributing to creating an additional income to buy school supplies. The school also considers this a practical direction in career orientation for students right when they are still in school.
To ensure operations and output quality, the school approved the maintenance of 40 official members (100% female), the remaining female students will participate as collaborators.
To build and maintain the club's activities, the school invited parents of Mong and Dao ethnic groups with sewing and embroidery skills to guide the children. Instructed teachers to actively integrate traditional cultural values into lessons and appropriate educational activities. Homeroom teachers also coordinated with parents to guide children in sewing and embroidery techniques and maintain practice at home. Organized exhibitions of STEM products on sewing and embroidery between schools in the area, in the corner of the classroom library, and the school library.
Cheo Minh Phuong (class 8A1) shared: Joining the club, my friends and I can freely create with our passion and love for hand embroidery. Each member actively preserves, conserves and promotes the traditional hand embroidery techniques of the nation.
Up to now, the Club has participated in displaying products in the year-end programs of the Department of Education and Training, Culture - Tourism Week of Lai Chau province, Gia Khau I community tourism area and on the sidelines of the 1st Congress of the Lai Chau Provincial Party Committee, term 2025 - 2030. Creating more than 1,000 products such as: decorative reliefs, handbags of all kinds, scarves, pillows... of which 1,000 products were sold, with nearly 600 pairs of earrings alone. The products were ordered by many consumers inside and outside the province and received positive feedback. The Club also received many interactions and contacts from students of the schools: Theater and Cinema, Hanoi Fine Arts in supplying products. Organizing exchanges and learning experiences from the elderly in the villages in the village during regular meetings. Create conditions for instructors and students to register to participate in competitions organized by all levels and sectors such as: Creative startup ideas competition organized by the Provincial Youth Union and the Central Youth Union in 2021; Science and Technology Competition for high school students organized by the Department of Education and Training and all achieved high prizes.
To achieve these successes, the Club received the attention of ward and village leaders, school principals and parents. Along with that, the dynamic, creative and enthusiastic Board of Directors guided members to create quality products to meet customer tastes.
We believe that the "Sunshine" sewing and embroidery club of Sung Phai Primary and Secondary School will become a cradle to nurture talents and future career dreams for students from their love for national culture.

Source: https://baolaichau.vn/van-hoa/noi-chap-canh-dam-me-sang-tao-897077