Associate Professor Van Nhu Cuong's family will use the condolence money to build a school in the mountainous region.

Associate Professor Van Nhu Cuong's family said they will hold his funeral without waste and use the condolence money to build a school in the highlands as he wished during his lifetime.

The passing of Associate Professor Van Nhu Cuong - a teacher who devoted his whole life to education - has left millions of people heartbroken and regretful. During his lifetime, Professor Cuong had passionate opinions and strong, sincere arguments on a number of important issues of the country's education.

It is known that the funeral, memorial service and burial will be held on October 12.

Informing Dan Tri reporter this afternoon (October 10), teacher Van Thuy Duong - Vice Principal of Luong The Vinh Private High School - Hanoi (daughter of Associate Professor Van Nhu Cuong) said that the family is preparing procedures and work to serve the funeral of Mr. Cuong to be solemn but not wasteful.

One of Associate Professor Van Nhu Cuong's wishes during his lifetime was that his funeral be held without waste and that the condolence money be used to build schools for children in the highlands. Photo: Family provided.

"While he was alive, my father also told my mother and us that his greatest wish after his death was to use the condolence money to build a school for children in the highlands named Na Ngao Kindergarten in Dong Tam commune (Bac Quang district, Ha Giang). The rest will be put into the school's Charity Fund to continue supporting the less fortunate," Ms. Thuy Duong emphasized.

This activity has a high humanitarian meaning when the school has the opportunity to accompany, stand side by side and support students in the mountainous areas that are still full of difficulties and hardships. This is also the idea of ​​Mr. Van Nhu Cuong since 2014.

Up to now, the school's Charity Fund has been operating quite effectively. Recently, on the evening of September 30, in the program "Bright Moon of Truong Luong 2017", the school also organized an "auction" of paintings drawn by students and used 90% of the proceeds to donate to the school's Charity Fund. After the ceremony, the school collected more than 80 million VND for the fund.

The family representative of Associate Professor Van Nhu Cuong also shared that they will carry out one of Mr. Cuong's last wishes, which is to bring his body back to the school for the last time to say goodbye to his students. Accordingly, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on October 12: The family will take Mr. Van Nhu Cuong's body to campus A (Nam Trung Yen) and campus 1 (Tan Trieu) of Luong The Vinh School and hold a farewell ceremony there. After that, the convoy will take him across Highway 70 and move to Van Dien Cemetery to complete the burial procedures.

According to Dantri