The construction and upgrade of Na Phung Kindergarten and Na Phung Primary School in Bao Yen District was started on March 18 with a total investment of VND 500 million donated by the Minh Tri Thanh Company through the Dantri Charity Programme.
Na Phung Kindergarten lies on a high mountain in Bao Yen District, which is some 300 kilometres from Hanoi.
Na Phung Kindergarten has badly deteriorated
Next to the Na Phung Kindergarten is the Na Phung Primary School which also shares the same situation and needs urgent restoration and upgrading.
Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony, Dantri/Dtinews' Editor-in-Chief, Pham Tuan Anh, sent his sincere thanks to local authorities and the Minh Tri Thanh Company for working with the newspaper to carry out the project. Anh thanked the support from many organisations and companies, Dantri has completed 46 school and 26 bridge projects in difficult areas nationwide over the past 18 years.
Attending the ceremony, the vice chairman of Bao Yen District People's Committee, Nguyen Anh Dung, said that he was very moved to receive support from Dantri Newspaper and Minh Tri Thanh Company to help build and upgrade two schools in the area.
Vice chairman of Bao Yen District People's Committee, Nguyen Anh Dung, speaks at the event
According to the official, the schools lie in the poorest commune in the district where all residents are from the H'mong ethnic group living off small-scale farming. Most parents are facing difficulties paying for their children's meals at school and cannot afford the construction fees. The district's budget is also very limited.
"This is a big encouragement for us and the students," he said. "Thank you so much."
Director of Minh Tri Thanh Company, Nguyen Van Luong, speaks at the event
Director of Minh Tri Thanh Company, Nguyen Van Luong, also attended the ceremony. He said that the company has joined in various charity programmes to support students in difficult areas and hoped that children in Na Phung schools will soon have new, better facilities for their study.
At the ceremony, Dantri Newspaper co-operated with Luong The Vinh School in Hanoi to give presents including notebooks, books and pens to local students.
The newspaper also co-operated with doctors from the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases to offer free health check-ups and medicine to 200 local people who are mostly children.
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