eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2023-07-28 11 9 539 544 10.12691/education-11-9-1 EDUCATION20231191 article Ng? V? Thu H?ng hangnvt@hnue.edu.vn 1 Faculty of Primary Education ¨C Hanoi University of Education, 136 Xuan Thu?, C?u Gi?y, H¨¤ N?i, Vi?t Nam This paper presents some theoretical knowledge about creative thinking education for primary students in Vietnam. It provides some specific suggestions on learning tasks and guidance on the application of constructivist teaching roles that Vietnamese teachers can apply to classroom practices to help develop creative thinking in primary students, thereby contributing to the effective implementation of the new General Education Program 2018. This paper suggests future research directions for the enactment of suggested creative learning tasks within competence-based lessons and evaluates their effectiveness in helping students develop creative thinking, so that appropriate recommendations for creative thinking education can be produced in accordance with the characteristics of primary teachers and students in Vietnam. http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/11/9/1/education-11-9-1.pdf creative thinking competence education primary students learning tasks