After the flood: Vietnamese schools rush to save books, classrooms
Deadly floods, which killed at least 24 people in the central region the past week, left depressing scenes in their wake.
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| On December 19, teachers in Binh Dinh Province were busy cleaning up their schools after floods hit the central region for the third time in a month. Nguyen Ba Hau, principal of Cat Tai Primary School said: “Recent floods had damaged our projectors, computers, televisions and more than 6,000 books. Damage has been estimated at about VND400 million (US$17,600).” |
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| Documents and records were being saved. Heavy rains began on December 12 and lasted days across the region. |
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| Multiple books were covered in mud. |
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| Teachers tried to wash the books and then dry them. |
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| Librarian Nguyen Thi Kim Cuc carefully pulled books from a thick layer of mud. |
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| “We are looking forward to assistance so that our teachers and students can keep teaching and studying,” said the principal |
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| At the same time, teachers of Tuy Phuoc High School were cleaning up their classrooms. |
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| Many classrooms were still flooded. |
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| Pham Loi, a sixth-grade student of Phuoc Loc Middle School, said: “I feel very excited to go back to school and see my friends and teachers after days of floods.” |
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| Binh Dinh officials said students of many schools will have to stay at home for one or two more days. They said floods have killed eight students and caused a financial loss of VND31 billion (US$1.4 million) for local schools. |
