Hanoi Department of Education and Training secretly arranged an emotional reunion for a female student separated from her mother.

(Dan Tri) - Bui Bao Ngoc, class 7A2, Son Loc Secondary School, Son Tay, Hanoi, unexpectedly met his mother, who is keeping peace in South Sudan, through a video call secretly arranged by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training.

The moment the stage screen in the 700-seat auditorium of Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted showed the face of Lieutenant Colonel, Doctor Nguyen Thi Chien in a video call, many people burst into tears.

Bui Bao Ngoc stood on stage and was surprised to see her mother. Both mother and daughter burst into tears at this unexpected encounter.

The meeting was arranged by the leaders of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training (DET) and the capital's education sector union before the Lunar New Year 2025.

Lieutenant Colonel, Doctor Nguyen Thi Chien met her daughter at the Tet reunion event of the Hanoi education sector (Photo: Hoang Hong).

Lieutenant Colonel, Doctor Nguyen Thi Chien is working in the United Nations peacekeeping force in South Sudan. This year is the second Tet she is away from her family.

Due to the difficult conditions in Africa and unstable telecommunication signals, Ms. Chien was not able to regularly contact her husband and two children. Therefore, meeting her daughter again in special circumstances made her choke up continuously.

"Mom, since the day you left, I've been doing what you taught me at home. At first, I had a bit of difficulty because I wasn't used to it, but gradually I got used to it. I also sat at the desk every night by myself. On weekends, I no longer wake up late, but wake up early to clean the house and cook with my dad and sister...

"Another Tet without Mom by my side. Dad, sister and I will redecorate our peach tree so that even though Mom is far away, she can still feel the Tet atmosphere at home," Bui Bao Ngoc read the emotional letter to her mother.

Also at the Tet Sum Vay event, Hanoi teachers witnessed another unexpected reunion of the family of teacher Hoang Thi Thoan - Van Thang Secondary School, Ba Vi District. Her husband is Major Le Van Do, working at Squadron 515, Brigade 175, Naval Region 5, Phu Quoc Island.

This year, Major Do was able to go home for Tet. From Noi Bai airport, Major Do went straight to Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted to see his wife and children, still wearing his everyday clothes without having time to change.

Meanwhile, Ms. Ngo Thi Thu Phuong, a school health worker at Dai Xuyen Primary School, Phu Xuyen District, and her daughter Phuong Anh were connected to her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Quang Sang - Commander of DK17 platform in Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province - via phone. Director of the Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong, on behalf of the education sector, talked to the soldier on the remote island.

Also the wife of a soldier, Ms. Tran Hong Diep - Mau Luong Secondary School, Ha Dong - shares the feelings of a teacher married to a Ho Chi Minh soldier.

"We've been in love for 1 year, married for 12 years, he comes home two or three times a year. Every Tet holiday, he buys a lot of gifts, takes his wife and children out, does all the work, from cooking, washing dishes, sweeping the house, taking care of his wife and children as if to make up for the months we were apart. At those times, I feel like I'm the luckiest and happiest person.

But every time I see other families together, soldiers’ wives like me can’t help but feel sad. The nights I have to take care of my sick child alone, the mornings I rush to take my child to school because I’m afraid of being late, the holidays and childbirth, all without my husband by my side. But I am fortunate to have the support of my colleagues and family, helping me to always complete my mission.

I understand that my youth only includes family, husband and children. But your youth, besides family, also includes the people and the country," Ms. Diep expressed.

The Tet Sum Vay program of the Capital Education Trade Union took place on the morning of January 16. In addition to giving teachers, staff and students emotional spiritual gifts, the program also gave Tet cash gifts with values ​​ranging from 500,000 VND to 2 million VND.

Accordingly, 1,494 teachers and staff in difficult circumstances were supported from 500,000 VND to 1 million VND/person. 36 teachers and staff who are wives of soldiers working at the border and islands were given 2 million VND.

Children of teachers and staff who overcome difficulties, study well or win prizes in city-level cultural competitions for excellent students will be awarded a total of more than 100 million VND. 40 teachers and staff of 2 kindergartens under the Department of Education and Training will be given Tet gifts of 500,000 VND.

The total budget that the industry union spends to take care of Tet for teachers and staff is nearly 1.3 billion VND.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/so-gddt-ha-noi-bi-mat-sap-xep-cuoc-doan-tu-day-xuc-dong-cho-nu-sinh-xa-me-20250116115645922.htm