With her passion for the love of children and the environment that was influenced by two sisters who are kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Lan chose to be a kindergarten teacher. She studies to become a kindergarten schoolteacher in college. She has dedicated her career to nurturing young minds and building joyful, supportive learning environments. Her professional journey has been fuelled by a deep love for children and a lifelong aspiration to be a kindergarten teacher.

Her daily concept is how to make the children happy every day when they come to kindergarten. Mrs. Lan had been a kindergarten teacher for 10 years. Her teaching techniques are to create children’s play-based activities that are creative and fun to enhance their development, such as storytelling, reading, and music.

Later, when she became a school principal, she led by being a model to her team. She builds a sense of unity among her staff, creating a strong team in her school. She initiates a green project called “Sky Green Spaces Development – embedding the environment and green concepts in young children. She also creates multifunctional classrooms, smart rooms where young children learn from tablets with digital content which teachers pre-selected for them to enhance their learning skills.

She also creates a Ho Chi Minh City cultural space where children learn about Ho Chi Minh through animation. She understands that raising children needs parental engagement, so she keeps communicating with parents through websites, social media and Facebook, keeping them informed so that they can support the school activities. Whenever there are questions from parents that might turn controversial, she invites them to school and explains the situation to them and seeks their cooperation.

Throughout her career, Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Thu Lan has received numerous accolades for her outstanding contributions to early childhood education. She has been recognized as an “Emulation Fighter at the Grassroot” 28 times and as a “City Emulation Fighter” on four occasions. Her achievements have also earned her prestigious Certificates of Merit from various levels of government, including the Prime Minister, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, and the Ministry of Education and Training. Notably, she was honored with the title “Meritorious Teacher” in 2023.