New school restrooms to be built in remote, ethnic regions
The activity is meant to effectively implement
the “Wishes for Children” programme – a joint effort among the Central
Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), the Vietnamese
Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Red Cross Society, as well
as the project “Digital Vietnamese knowledge system”, contributing to the goal
that all schools have toilets for students, half of them have enough toilets in
line with regulations and 80% of toilets meet hygiene requirements under the
School Health Programme for the 2021-2025 period. It is also in response to World
Toilet Day (November 19).
Under the agreement, 150 toilets will be
built and handed over to remote and ethnic minority regions from November 2022
to December 2023.
Next year, the VTA will work closely with the HCYU Central Committee and the HVCU Central Council
to build 100 restrooms meeting ASEAN standards in parks, streets and beaches.
According
to the Ministry of Education and Training, there are 188,000 restrooms at
schools nationwide, 67 of them are usable and the remainder are in need of
upgrade and reconstruction./.