School for poor students inaugurated in Kon Tum
A ceremony was held on March 8 to inaugurate a VND1.5 billion (US$65,790) primary school in Dak Koi commune of Kon Ray district, one of the three most impoverished localities in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.
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At the ceremony, students of the school received gifts, including school bags and notebooks.
Hoang Dinh Hai, deputy head of the Department of Education and Training of Kon Ray district, said the new school will create more favourable conditions for students living in remote areas and from ethnic minority groups.
From 2013 to 2016, the programme has provided aid of VND33.6 billion (US$1.4 million) for the construction and upgrading of 28 kindergartens and elementary schools in remote localities.
