WHEN, in February, Lotta Sylwander was in the process of leaving Vietnam after a three-and-a-half year tour of duty as UNICEF Representative, ethnic minority teachers, parents and teacher bid her a touching farewell in Lao Cai province.

Swedish, Ms. Sylwander made a point of returning to Lao Chai Primary School because that was the very first school she visited in Vietnam. “There,” she is quoted in a report by Susan Mackay, “I learned for myself what difference the bilingual program makes. I could see in the children’s eyes how confident, curious and engaged they are by learning in their own language.”

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