Ho Chi Minh City People's Radio Station donated classrooms and dormitories to students in Ky Son district.

Attending the event were comrades: Duong Anh Duc - Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Le Cong Dong - Director of Ho Chi Minh City People's Radio Station. On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Tran Minh Ngoc - Director of Nghe An Radio and Television Station and representatives of a number of relevant departments and branches.

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Duong Anh Duc presented a gift worth 6 billion VND to build boarding houses and schools in Ky Son district. Photo: Lu Phu

Na Loi Primary School was separated from Na Loi Secondary School in 1998, with 4 school locations, including 1 main school and 3 satellite schools, 5 to 10 km from the main school, with difficult traffic and no electricity grid.

Implementing the new General Education Program 2018, the school has brought more than 120 students from 3 satellite schools to study and live at the main Na Loi school. However, the conditions for organizing teaching and learning activities for the students are still very difficult.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony for classrooms and dormitories at Na Loi Primary School. Photo: My Ha

To accompany students in mountainous areas, in this school year, the "Standing together with Vietnamese families" program of Ho Chi Minh City People's Radio has sponsored the construction of 2 classrooms, 5 dormitories for boarding students, and toilets with a total construction cost of more than 1 billion VND.

After more than 4 months of construction, the project has been completed and handed over for use in time for the opening of the new school year 2022-2023.

Director of Ho Chi Minh City People's Radio Station presents gifts to support the construction of Na Loi Primary School. Photo: Lu Phu

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Huu Minh - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Son district said: Ky Son is a mountainous district, one of the 9 poorest districts in the country, located in the West of Nghe An province, bordering 4 districts and 2 provinces of Laos with a common border of 204.3 km.

For many years, due to the difficult infrastructure, steep and dangerous hills. People's lives depend entirely on farming, so economic conditions are still extremely poor and backward, directly affecting education. Daily food is already difficult, let alone the education of children who go to school twice a day, which is even more difficult.

Delegates present gifts to boarding students. Photo: Lu Phu

Currently, the district has 73 schools, but school facilities in the district are still lacking. The number of temporary classrooms, made of bamboo and thatch, at this time is 36; the dormitories and dining rooms for boarding students are still temporary, more than half of the schools, functional rooms, subject rooms, housing and auxiliary works serving boarding students are almost non-existent; public housing for teachers only meets a very small part of the needs, the accommodation of teachers at remote schools is still temporary, working and living conditions are extremely difficult.

From the above difficulties, the government and people of Ky Son district expressed their deep gratitude for the attention and sharing of the leaders, agencies and organizations of Ho Chi Minh City and the very meaningful gift "Side by side with Vietnamese families program" brought to teachers and students of the district. On the part of the district government, they will try to use the project effectively.

This is a very meaningful project to help teachers and students of the school gradually overcome difficulties, strive to teach well, study well, and achieve many high achievements in their studies.

Comrades Nguyen Nhu Khoi and Tran Minh Ngoc awarded scholarships to students. Photo: Lu Phu

Along with the inauguration ceremony of classrooms and dormitories at Na Loi Primary School, on this occasion, the "Standing together with Vietnamese families" program of Ho Chi Minh City People's Radio also handed over and put into use 6 classrooms, 6 public rooms, 10 dormitories, 3 dining rooms and 6 toilets at 5 schools and dormitories in Bac Ly, My Ly, Bao Nam and Muong Ai communes with a total cost of more than 6 billion VND.

Delegates visit the new classroom. Photo: My Ha

On this occasion, Van Ho private enterprise in Long An province, through the "Support to School" Program of Nghe An Radio and Television Station, presented 40 gifts, each worth 500,000 VND, to students of Na Loi Primary School and Na Loi Secondary School.