Implementing the direction of General Secretary To Lam on science - technology development and innovation, on December 7, in Hanoi, New Energy Magazine (PetroTimes) organized the Seminar: "Stem Innovation Petrovietnam " - Realizing the spirit of Resolution No. 57.
Experts at the Petrovietnam Stem Innovation Seminar. Photo: PV.
Attending the discussion were experts and teachers: National Assembly delegate Ha Anh Phuong, “Global Teacher” honored for her initiatives to help ethnic minority students access international education through technology; Mr. Do Hoang Son, a pioneer in STEM education, member of the Vietnam STEM Alliance and teacher Nguyen Thi Nhan, Head of the Professional Group of Cau Giay Secondary School (Hanoi), who has many successful studies and practices of STEM models in schools.
STEM - The bridge between knowledge, technology and innovation
According to the Organizing Committee, Vietnam is setting strategic goals on scientific and technological breakthroughs (Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW) and educational and training development breakthroughs (Resolution No. 71-NQ/TW). In that flow, STEM education becomes a bridge between knowledge - technology - innovation, between schools - businesses - society.
Overview of the Seminar "STEM Innovation Petrovietnam" - Realizing the spirit of Resolution 57. Photo: PV.
From the idea of General Secretary To Lam, Petrovietnam has initiated the program "Stem Innovation Petrovietnam", launched at the 50th Anniversary of the Group's establishment (September 21, 2025). The program aims to build 100 international standard STEM rooms in 34 provinces and cities, becoming the largest educational project ever initiated by an enterprise, contributing to the training of science and technology human resources and forming a new generation of energy-knowledgeable citizens of Vietnam.
Petrovietnam has developed a roadmap for the 2025-2026 period in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training, STEM experts, local authorities and schools, ensuring that STEM rooms operate effectively. To date, 100 STEM rooms have been surveyed and are being installed.
Expert Do Hoang Son - Key member of Vietnam STEM Alliance. Photo: PV.
Speaking at the seminar, expert Do Hoang Son said that Vietnam has included STEM education in the 2018 General Education Program, marking an important step forward for the education sector. He emphasized that STEM is understood as interdisciplinary integrated education, learning through practice and linked to life issues.
According to Mr. Son, STEM currently has three levels: Universal for all students; career guidance enhancement through clubs; and the “Innovation” level, where students participate in breakthrough creativity and compete in national and international playgrounds. Petrovietnam’s STEM Innovation model meets all three of these levels simultaneously.
STEM helps narrow regional gaps
The Petrovietnam STEM Innovation Program is being evaluated as a breakthrough in Vietnamese education, especially in narrowing the gap between regions. In many localities, especially rural, mountainous or border areas, students previously had difficulty accessing modern labs, advanced technology equipment or creative practice activities.
National Assembly Delegate Ha Anh Phuong. Photo: PV.
As a teacher who used to teach in the Northern midland and mountainous region, National Assembly Delegate Ha Anh Phuong emphasized that this is a very meaningful program and needs to be expanded further. Petrovietnam has not only stopped at short-term investment but has also invested very systematically in education, demonstrating the Group's long-term vision in preparing human resources.
In particular, this demonstrates the great social responsibility of the enterprise. I have encountered many difficulties, for example, students do not have many opportunities to access modern labs or modern equipment. Therefore, I think that the Stem Innovation Petrovietnam program is very meaningful for students, helping to reduce regional gaps.
I also think that Petrovietnam really considers education development as one of the long-term strategies to develop future human resources, so the Group can invest systematically and create this meaningful program, National Assembly Delegate Ha Anh Phuong emphasized.
Teacher Nguyen Thi Nhan, teacher at Cau Giay Secondary School. Photo: PV.
At the Seminar, Teacher Nguyen Thi Ngan shared that: This is the first time Cau Giay Secondary School has implemented STEM education according to the standards of STEM Innovation Petrovietnam. In the lectures at Cau Giay Secondary School, STEM is always integrated into the lessons. In addition to projects and topics, Cau Giay School also organizes a separate event called "experience week". This program will be held once at the end of the school year. During this week, students will have a day to participate in STEM experiences.
In that STEM room, a culture of healthy competition is nurtured. Teams compete for First, Second, and Third place, but each time they compete, they have to unite and support each other to surpass themselves. That is the subtlety of STEM education in the market economy: compete but know how to cooperate, innovate to progress.
STEM is a big boost for both teaching and learning
Petrovietnam’s STEM Innovation Program is opening up opportunities for students nationwide to access high-quality STEM education, especially in rural, mountainous and border areas. With 100 modern STEM rooms and well-organized teacher training courses, the program not only provides infrastructure and skills but also helps students become confident, proactive and creative.
Students build robot models in a STEM education lab sponsored by Petrovietnam in Hanoi. Photo: Petrovietnam.
From a practical perspective, teacher Nguyen Thi Nhan said that the STEM Innovation program of Petrovietnam, which equips the school with modern and advanced technological equipment, is a turning point and a big push for both teachers and students in changing their thinking and innovating teaching methods. Not stopping at traditional lectures, teachers have introduced STEM into teaching; as for students, they have been exposed to technology, especially high technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics. Students can assemble robots themselves and bring their own robots to compete in the region, and aim for the international level.
Expert Do Hoang Son said that STEM education is currently implemented at three different levels. First is the universal level, STEM education for all students in current classes is a mandatory requirement since Resolution 71-NQ/TW. Since then, the implementation of STEM in the locality has become an indicator to evaluate the completion of the task.
The second is STEM for students who need career guidance and improvement through clubs. The third is the group of students who study STEM at the "Innovation" level, which means breakthrough creativity, participating in large playgrounds at the national and international levels. In implementing the Petrovietnam STEM Innovation room system, this model fully meets all three of the above functions. First of all, the school has the conditions to teach in the classroom with very modern equipment.
Petrovietnam contributes to "eliminating temporary schools" in STEM education
According to expert Do Hoang Son, to promote STEM education, science - technology, digital transformation and innovation of a country, is essentially a very long process, requiring synchronous implementation of many contents, from infrastructure construction, expert training, human resource development, system connection to building culture, science - technology in society. This is an area where we still lack experience, there is still much to do.
A Petrovietnam STEM Innovation room after handover, contributing to creating a modern practical teaching environment for teachers and students. Photo: Petrovietnam.
Overcoming the limitations in technology training, the Petrovietnam STEM Innovation Program was implemented very systematically. The first phase was training so that schools could operate STEM rooms technically, meeting the requirements of receiving, handing over and putting into use. This was followed by advanced training programs, held in December at 5 direct training locations, with thousands of teachers from participating schools.
It can be affirmed that Petrovietnam is contributing to "eliminating temporary schools" in STEM education in Vietnam. Expert Do Hoang Son likened that, in the past, temporary houses for the poor need to be eliminated, now schools that do not have the conditions to study practical STEM need to be eliminated. The Petrovietnam STEM Innovation Program has built 100 modern STEM rooms and at the same time deployed teacher training nationwide, creating an infrastructure and human resources foundation for systematic STEM education.
Petrovietnam’s investment is not only financial, but also helps students, especially in rural and mountainous areas, to confidently and proactively access modern technology. In fact, students from provinces such as Cao Bang and Lang Son have won high prizes in robotics and drone programming competitions. The program is considered a pioneering model with real effectiveness, narrowing the gap in STEM learning opportunities and demonstrating a long-term vision in developing future human resources.
This shows that with the support of Petrovietnam, as a large state-owned enterprise with organizational and connecting capacity, STEM education can be deployed on a national scale, creating a strong spillover effect.
The seminar focused on four major contents: Vision and strategic significance of Petrovietnam STEM Innovation; conditions for the STEM room to operate effectively; bottlenecks and driving forces of STEM education; the role of businesses and institutions investing in knowledge.
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