Students at Hieu Tu C primary school in Tra Vinh province’s Tieu Can district. BASF Vietnam began construction of two new classrooms and a playground at the school’s O Trao satellite site on April 19. (Photo courtesy of the company) Two new classrooms and a playground will be built to provide teachers and students with a better educational facility at the school’s O Trao satellite site in Tieu Can district, a remote rural area with a large population of Khmer ethnic people.
The O Trao satellite site, one of three satellite sites of the school, was built in 2009 and currently suffers from poor safety and hygiene conditions.
The project will cost of 1.64 billion VND (70,000 USD), with German chemical company BASF and other co-sponsors providing funds worth 940 million VND and the remaining 700 million VND sourced from the State budget.
Facilitated by the Saigon Children’s Charity CIO, the construction will be completed by the fourth quarter of this year.
Erick Contreras, managing director of BASF Vietnam, said: “At BASF, we support the UN’s sustainable development goal of providing quality education to the community. Therefore, offering the next generation the best start in life with safer and more comfortable facilities is one of our social engagement priorities in Vietnam. It is even more meaningful when we drive this long-term programme with our key customers and business partners to jointly support the country’s future talents.”
It is the seventh school renovation project that BASF has implemented in Vietnam./.
VNA
