[Vnbiz] Vietnam to pour $1.6 bln into building more schools, rooms

[Tai Phan]

  Vietnam to pour $1.6 bln into building more schools, rooms
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    HANOI, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government has approved a
program totaling 25.2 trillion Vietnamese dong (VND) (nearly 1.6 billion U.S.
dollars) to build more permanent schools and boarding rooms for teachers
nationwide from now until 2012, local newspaper Vietnam News reported
Tuesday.

    All temporary classrooms, including thatched-roofed and dilapidated
ones, will be replaced by concrete structures. There will be 141,300 new
concrete classrooms for kindergarten to high school levels. This will
eliminate the need for three-shift classrooms by 2012.

    Also under the program, there will be boarding rooms with a total area
of 1.6 million square meters for teachers in remote and rural areas.

    The program will be funded by the state budget and support from local
and foreign donors. The state hopes two trillion VND (125 million dollars)
will come from donations by companies and organizations at home and abroad.

    Editor: An Lu
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