Vietnam’s education ministry has ordered Thanh Hoa to put children’s safety, nutrition and care standards at the heart of its preschool restructuring, as staffing and infrastructure shortages persist.
Vietnam’s education ministry has told Thanh Hoa province to keep preschool safety and quality at the centre of its school restructuring drive, warning that reorganisation must not weaken children’s care, nutrition or security. On October 23, a ministry inspection team worked with the provincial education department on its preschool tasks for the 2026-2027 school year, according to the ministry’s electronic information portal.
Thanh Hoa says it is still working through a long-running shortage of teachers, despite recently recruiting more than 1,600 staff and transferring more than 1,000 managers back into teaching roles after administrative restructuring. The province expects to hire about 1,000 more people next year and has also allowed contract teaching while seeking further staffing support. Earlier reporting cited a much wider gap, with more than 8,000 applicants competing for 1,632 teaching posts this year and a shortfall that still ran into the thousands, including a large deficit in preschool staffing.
Facilities remain another pressure point. Provincial officials say Thanh Hoa aims to complete the solidification of classrooms by 2030 and will continue spending on equipment, repairs and new construction over the same period. The provincial council has also approved funding, including more than 95 billion dong under Resolution 66 for the new preschool programme, as authorities look to improve staff conditions and learning environments. But ministry officials said the province must now tackle weaknesses in care standards, nutrition, school infrastructure and governance after school mergers and reassignments.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh, who led the ministry side of the working session, praised Thanh Hoa for maintaining a high preschool enrolment rate, standardising its workforce and carrying out its education duties in a large province with many mountainous and border communes. She also urged local leaders to move away from a purely administrative style of supervision and towards stronger school governance, with clearer responsibilities, better protection for teachers’ working conditions and closer coordination with parents. The ministry said Thanh Hoa must complete its post-inspection remedial plan, set deadlines and responsibilities for each task, and work with central units to remove bottlenecks while building a safer and more child-friendly learning environment.
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