Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense opens the 2024 - 2025 school year
On the morning of September 10, Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense held the opening ceremony of the 2024-2025 school year.
Attending the opening ceremony were comrades Nguyen Van Khoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training; Ho Thi Chau Loan - Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; representatives of a number of relevant departments, agencies and sectors.
On the school side, there were comrades: Lieutenant Colonel Doan Hieu Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Principal of the school; Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Anh Tuan - Vice Principal of the school; and a large number of teachers, students and pupils of the school.

Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense, formerly known as the Employment Promotion Center of Military Region 4, was established on December 6, 1993. After many periods with different names, in 2011, the school was officially named Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense. Currently, the school provides vocational training at 3 levels: Vocational College, Vocational Intermediate and Vocational Elementary, with 16 training codes.
Of which, there are 2 occupations approaching world-class level: Automotive Technology and Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineering, 4 occupations approaching Asian level: Industrial Electricity, Welding Technology, Construction Machine Operation, Nursing. In addition, the school also does a good job of consulting and introducing jobs after training, foreign language training and labor export; Researching and applying technical and technological advances in training, production and business.
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With the motto "Training quality is the first choice, job creation is the number 1 priority", in recent years, Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense has always focused on improving training quality, building and standardizing the teaching staff, innovating teaching methods, expanding professions and training scale.
In addition to doing a good job in training and creating jobs for students, the school also effectively implements the Decision of the People's Committee of Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces on career orientation and vocational training for junior high school and high school graduates.
In the 2023-2024 school year, the school organized training according to social needs at 3 levels (college, intermediate, elementary) for 9,719 students, of which 1,129 were demobilized soldiers.
The number of students graduating from school with jobs is over 90%; The number of students taking the national high school graduation exam in 2024 has a passing rate of 100%...
The achievements of Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense in the past school year have demonstrated the competitive spirit of "Teaching well, studying well", ready to overcome all difficulties of the team of cadres, teachers, staff, students of the school in teaching, studying and training.
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Entering the new school year 2024 - 2025, the school community was delighted when Colonel Nguyen Truong Son - Principal of the school was just awarded the title of People's Teacher by the President. This is 1 of 2 People's Teachers in the entire army to be awarded this noble title this year.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Anh Tuan - Vice Principal of Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense, on behalf of the school's Board of Directors and teachers, sent greetings to nearly 4,400 new students. At the same time, he hoped that they would try their best to study, practice virtue, and practice talent so as not to disappoint the trust of their families, the school, and society.
Entering the new school year, to complete the assigned tasks, Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense will continue to innovate teaching methods, improve training quality, in which, focusing on innovating training content, programs, and methods, ensuring "learning goes hand in hand with practice"; upgrading and supplementing facilities, equipment, and training means.

At the same time, focus on training skills associated with ethics education, lifestyle, discipline, soft skills, industrial style, improving foreign language proficiency, digital skills for learners; Improve the effectiveness of linkage and cooperation in vocational education between schools and businesses. Strive for all students and graduates to have stable jobs, strive for the highest results in the national high school graduation exam.
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At the opening ceremony, Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense presented gifts to 9 students with difficult circumstances who have made efforts to excel in their studies./.