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New school restrooms to be built in remote, ethnic regions

The Central Council of the Ho Chi Minh Vanguard Children's Union (HVCU) and the Vietnam Toilet Association (VTA) signed an agreement in Hanoi on November 15 to build restrooms for children nationwide, especially in remote, mountainous and ethnic minority regions at a total cost of 7.5 billion VND (312,000 USD).
New school restrooms to be built in remote, ethnic regions ảnh 1At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Central Council of the Ho Chi Minh Vanguard Children's Union (HVCU) and theVietnam Toilet Association (VTA) signed an agreement in Hanoi on November 15 to buildrestrooms for children nationwide, especially in remote, mountainous and ethnicminority regions at a total cost of 7.5 billion VND (312,000 USD).


The activity is meant to effectively implementthe “Wishes for Children” programme – a joint effort among the CentralCommittee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), the VietnameseMinistry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Red Cross Society, as wellas the project “Digital Vietnamese knowledge system”, contributing to the goalthat all schools have toilets for students, half of them have enough toilets inline with regulations and 80% of toilets meet hygiene requirements under theSchool Health Programme for the 2021-2025 period. It is also in response to WorldToilet Day (November 19).

Under the agreement, 150 toilets will bebuilt and handed over to remote and ethnic minority regions from November 2022to December 2023.

Next year, the VTA will work closely with the HCYU Central Committee and the HVCU Central Councilto build 100 restrooms meeting ASEAN standards in parks, streets and beaches.

Accordingto the Ministry of Education and Training, there are 188,000 restrooms atschools nationwide, 67 of them are usable and the remainder are in need ofupgrade and reconstruction./.

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