Local students try out the new water purifying system sponsored by Novaland (Photo: VNA) Binh Thuan (VNA) - Novaland, one of the leading propertydevelopers in Vietnam, presented water purifying systems to schools in the south-centralprovince of Binh Thuan’s Bac Binh district on June 30, which is facing a severeshortage of clean water.
Fifty-seven local schools received 88 systems worth 4 billion VND(172,000 USD) as part of a clean water for schools programme.
Speaking at the handover ceremony, Chairman of the district People’sCommittee Le Van Long said the gifts will help improve the quality of drinkingwater at local schools and ensure the well-being of students and teachers amidprolonged drought and increasing saltwater intrusion in Bac Binh.
Former State President Truong Tan Sang, co-founder of the clean waterfor schools programme, praised the group’s sponsorship providing clean water tonearly 20,000 students and educational staff in the district.
Sang hoped Novaland will continue its support for other disadvantagedareas in Binh Thuan, particularly remote and mountainous districts.
Initiated in 2017, the clean water for schools programme has so farraised nearly 25 billion VND (1.07 million USD). It has installed 1,159 waterpurifying systems for more than 155,000 students and teachers across 346schools in Binh Thuan, the central province of Quang Nam, and the Mekong Deltaprovinces of Long An and Ben Tre./.
VNA
