About 22 million Vietnamese students started the new academic year with official ceremonies held across the country on September 5, 2014.

According to statistics of the Ministry of Education and Training, in this school year there are over 4.3 million kindergarten pupils, 15 million students of primary, secondary and high schools, 400,000 students of vocational intermediate schools and 2.2 million students of colleges and universities.

Vietnam Pictorial introduces to readers impressive photos at the ceremonies of starting the 2014 -2015 academic year at some schools.

By Trong Chinh & Hoang Ha