Fostering a food safety culture

March 25, 2025 - 16:21

In Thanh Oai District, Hà Nội, the SAFEGRO project has equipped kindergarten students across 31 schools with essential food safety knowledge through engaging, play-based learning. Educators and experts hope this successful model will be expanded and serve as a valuable reference for integrating food safety into Vietnam's forthcoming preschool curriculum.

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Using the ‘Learning through Play’ approach, food safety education will help preschoolers integrate this topic into the curriculum flexibly. This serves as a great starting point for introducing food safety education into the new preschool curriculum that the Ministry of Education and Training plans to implement in coming time.

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