Huynh Thuc Khang High School: A century of pioneering in quality education and training

In 2020, Vinh National School and now Huynh Thuc Khang High School turned 100 years old. Over the past century, the school's history has been associated with many changes in the country and from the school named after this patriotic scholar, tens of thousands of students have grown up. The school has been a bright spot in educational quality for many years and is the first high school in Nghe An province to be honored with the title of Labor Hero Unit.

The glorious journey

The history of Vinh National School began in 1920 after the Resident of Central Vietnam issued a Decision to establish Vinh National School on September 1, 1920. After more than 20 years of existence, in 1943, the school was renamed Nguyen Cong Tru National School.

The predecessor of Huynh Thuc Khang High School today is Huynh Thuc Khang Specialized School. This school was separated from Hue National School in 1947 with the task of recruiting students for the provinces of Inter-zone IV and Northern Inter-zone V (old) to teach according to the specialized high school program. In 1950, implementing the policy of the Party and the State to carry out the first educational reform, the Inter-zone IV Resistance Administrative Committee decided to merge Nguyen Cong Tru National School and Huynh Thuc Khang Specialized School, named Huynh Thuc Khang High School and was the only high school in Nghe An at that time. Since 1962, due to the development of education, many high schools in the districts were established in Nghe An province, the school was renamed Vinh High School; in 1976, it was renamed Vinh High School I. In 1981, it was named Huynh Thuc Khang High School until today.

The development history of Huynh Thuc Khang High School has also gone through many different stages with many ups and downs and is associated with the historical circumstances of the country. Generations of students of the school have not forgotten that the school was founded by the French Government with the intention of "civilizing" the colony, spreading French and Western culture. However, surpassing the set goals, the school quickly developed and played the role of an intellectual training center for Nghe An, a place that gathered talented Vietnamese educators and intellectuals from all regions of the country. Under the guidance and teaching of teachers, Vinh National School was also the place to nurture and train the will of many patriotic intellectual youth and was one of the leading intellectual training cradles of the country. Currently, the school's memorial house still preserves many valuable images and documents recording many typical events that students of Vinh National School participated in. The school's Communist Party cell is also one of the first three Party cells in Vinh city.