Attending the event were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thanh Nam, Vice President of the University of Education under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU); Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huy Hoang, Director of the Son La provincial Department of Education and Training; more than 300 delegates from the Divisions of Education and Training of districts and Son La city; principals, vice principals, and key teachers of secondary and high schools in the province.

Participants discussed such topics as happy school - an inevitable trend of the educational sector, criteria for building a happy school, some core activities serving as the foundation for building a happy school, ideas for secondary and high schools, mental health care for teachers - the foundation for building a happy school and a school as a learning organisation.

School is not only a place to teach knowledge, but also a place to nurture and spread positive emotions. Building a happy school is only successful when all members of the school understand its value and importance as well as clearly identify works and skills to build a happy school. These are nurturing positive emotions and building relationships and a positive living environment; promoting positive emotions of each individual in the school, and good relationships based on the spirit of democracy, fairness, respect for differences, and mutual listening; empathizing, loving and sharing with each other; actively innovating teaching methods to create fun and learning spirit in each lesson, creating opportunities for students to be creative in an interconnected environment; and giving each member of the school the opportunity to express, affirm and recognise his/her own value.

The seminar contributed to improving the effectiveness of organizing educational activities in high schools in the province, meeting the requirements of implementing the 2018 General Education Programme. At the same time, it created a chance for school management staff and teachers to exchange solutions and share experience in building a healthy and positive educational environment in schools.