Female union official starts a business from community tourism project

Dedicated teacher

Born and raised in Tien Ky commune - a remote and disadvantaged commune of Tan Ky district, Ms. Vi Thi Thuy always felt sad whenever she saw the images of ethnic minority children going to school with bare feet, hungry stomachs, and dirty clothes. Those images urged Thuy to choose the path of education. And that is why, in 2007, after graduating from the Faculty of Preschool Education of Vinh University, young teacher Vi Thi Thuy applied to volunteer to teach at Tien Ky Kindergarten.

Ms. Vi Thi Thuy is instructing her children how to hang towels. Photo: PV

With her desire to contribute and solid expertise, Ms. Vi Thi Thuy was officially appointed to the staff in 2015. For Ms. Thuy, daily happiness is taking care of her children's meals and sleep, teaching them about national cultural identity as well as the common language, and implementing educational ideas that she is passionate about... For many years, Ms. Thuy has achieved the titles of Excellent Teacher, Experience Initiative at the district and provincial levels.

As Vice Principal, right from the beginning of the school year, she and the school's Board of Directors proactively developed specific plans, organized and launched emulation movements to study, strive, and practice among the staff and teachers, innovate teaching methods, strive for "Each teacher is an example of self-study and creativity" and effectively promote the emulation movement "Building a child-centered educational environment".

Sharing the secret to Tien Ky Kindergarten's programs and events being successful and highly appreciated, Ms. Thuy said: "To overcome the limitations of geographical location, we maximize the power of technology in updating and creating teaching methods. Besides, we always focus on conveying content related to the topic of preserving community culture to students through the most familiar and closest things. In addition, leaders also need to pay attention and be close to assign the right people to work and promptly support teachers."

Tien Ky Kindergarten creates an environment for students to experience and recreate the beauty of the Thai ethnic group. Photo: PV

In the position ofChairman of the UnionMs. Thuy always cares about and looks after the lives of teachers and staff in the school, is willing to help women in difficult circumstances, and enthusiastically participates in activities and movements launched by the higher-level union.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Mai - Vice President of Tan Ky District Labor Federation highly appreciated the role of Ms. Vi Thi Thuy in gathering and mobilizing union members to participate in building movements of the school as well as the locality, making Tien Ky Kindergarten increasingly strong and achieving many achievements in the career of educating people. Ms. Mai shared more: "Recently, the collective Union of Tien Ky Kindergarten won a high prize in the photo contest "Union - My Beloved Home" launched by the District Labor Federation. The serious investment and professional working style of the leaders of this unit are worth following."

Ms. Vi Thi Thuy (wearing Thai ethnic costume) received a Certificate of Merit for being an exemplary family of workers. Photo: PV

Ms. Vi Thi Thuy has achieved many titles such as: 3 consecutive years as a grassroots Emulation Fighter, 4 times receiving Certificates of Merit from the District Labor Federation, typical advanced in the Education sector in the period 2016-2020, Certificates of Merit from the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Labor Federation in the 2020-2021 school year, achieving provincial-level experience initiatives with the topic "Enhancing Vietnamese for ethnic minority children in preschools"...

Making money from homeland identity

Besides her role as a teacher and a district People's Council delegate, Ms. Vi Thi Thuy is also known as a person determined to carry out start-up development projects.community tourismassociated with homestay in Tien Ky. “In 2020, when the Covid-19 epidemic disrupted school work, instead of sitting still and complaining, I spent time realizing my dream of turning Tien Ky into an attractive experiential tourism destination for visitors,” Ms. Thuy confided.

Ms. Vi Thi Thuy has participated in many TV shows to teach how to cook ethnic dishes. Photo: PV

It is not difficult to recognize Ms. Thuy's enthusiasm for this remarkable start-up project. With all her pride and deep understanding, Ms. Thuy can talk continuously for hours about the community tourism potential of her hometown Tien Ky. Those are cultural values ​​mixed with spiritual values, anecdotes passed down from generations to historical evidence of the Le Loi era, unique craft villages to traditional dishes that cannot be found anywhere else, extremely favorable geographical location to suitable roads for walking, strolling... As an "amateur" in the fieldtourismand economics, Ms. Thuy had to ask for advice, read guidance documents, participate in scientific seminars, survey relics... to equip herself with the necessary knowledge. Not stopping there, she also learned the necessary skills to do community tourism such as explaining, first aid, cooking, handling situations...

Thanks to Ms. Thuy's determination and enthusiasm, many other families in Thai Minh cultural village have boldly registered to join the model.homestayUnder the guidance and coordination of Ms. Thuy, community tourism in Thai Minh village, Tien Ky commune is becoming more and more known, and the service process of the people is becoming more and more professional.

Ms. Thuy and her colleagues joined in cooking meals for citizens in the quarantine area. Photo: PV

When asked if she felt tired taking on so many roles at the same time, and whether this startup project affected her professional work at school, Ms. Thuy smiled: “There are times when I feel tired, but the joy and meaning of the work makes me feel energized. To take on so many roles at the same time, it is necessary to practice the skill of dividing time and arranging work reasonably. However, because tourists usually only go on weekends and holidays, it is not difficult to arrange time.”

It can be said that in life as well as in work, in any field, she always strives to complete her tasks excellently. That has left the admiration and love of all teachers, staff in Tien Ky Kindergarten and of parents.