The eyes cannot see far.

(Baonghean)Recently, in Khe Ngau village (Xa Luong commune - Tuong Duong district), a family celebrated the new bridge by drinking rice wine. The bridge belongs to the entire village and commune, and even the State. Apparently, building the bridge for the villagers cost over twenty billion dong. With such a large budget, they needed government assistance.

The villagers' joy is understandable, and the government's investment is justified. For the past few years, the entire village has had to cross the Nam Mo River by ferry and then a pontoon bridge. To sell cassava or pumpkins, they had to carry them across the river on their backs. Previously, the government had built two bridges, but both failed prematurely. Now, they've built a bridge that's higher than the road level, and it's likely to last longer than the previous ones. It's the government making amends to the people; when undertaking a project, they must ensure its safety.

While adults might be happy about opening a rice wine, students are ten times, even a hundred times happier. Middle and high school students cross the river the most, at least twice a day – morning and noon. Some are afraid of water, others aren't, but having to cross by ferry or a makeshift bamboo bridge floating on the river is never comfortable or safe for any student. Now that there's a bridge, they can freely walk or bike to school. That's great! And they deserve this kind of happiness. I heard that a construction company from Hanoi came and felt sorry for the students, so they're determined to finish the project quickly, even if they haven't received full payment for labor, cement, steel, etc.

While things are lively in Khe Ngau, a rather unpleasant story unfolds in a remote village in the border commune of K. The district government plans to build a boarding school for students from distant villages, providing them with a place to eat, sleep, and study. However, the villagers and the management board are adamantly against it, claiming that building it would obscure the view from the houses of two families, preventing them from seeing far away. They argue that only the children from distant villages will benefit, while the children within the village will get nothing. Furthermore, they even erected a fence to prevent vehicles carrying building materials from entering the boarding school, even though the area had already been planned for school construction long ago.

This shows that some people don't mind delaying payments to build bridges for students to go to school, while others only think of themselves. Because of their short-sightedness and the fact that their own children don't benefit, children from far away schools still lack proper housing. It seems that it's because of adults that children can go to school comfortably, but it's also because of adults' selfishness that students in some places still don't get to enjoy this happiness!

HV(take note)