The Trade Union of Cluster 5 Universities supports teachers and students in Bac Ha and Sa Pa districts, Lao Cai province.

This is one of the annual activities of the Trade Union of Cluster 5 Schools, implemented every December. Attending and presenting gifts were Dr. Pham Van Thanh – Vice President of the Vietnam Education Trade Union, Mr. Nguyen Anh Ninh – Director of the Department of Education and Training of Lao Cai province, and Mr. Dang Xuan Yen – President of the Lao Cai Provincial Education Trade Union.

On the first day (December 4, 2015), the delegation visited kindergartens, primary schools, and junior high schools in Ban Lien commune, Bac Ha district, and Sa Pa district to present gifts to teachers and students.

At the school in Ban Lien commune, the delegation donated 200 warm jackets to preschool students and 11 gifts for teachers, each worth 500,000 VND; and donated 286 warm jackets, 60 scholarships for students, each worth 200,000 VND, and 6 gifts for teachers, each worth 500,000 VND, to the Primary School. At Ban Lien Secondary School, the delegation donated 177 warm jackets, 40 scholarships for students, each worth 200,000 VND, and 4 gifts for teachers, each worth 500,000 VND.

At the Sa Pa District Education Department, the delegation presented 28 gifts to teachers, each worth 500,000 VND, 100 scholarships to students, each worth 200,000 VND, and 170 warm jackets to representatives of the leaders of kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools in Suoi Thau commune.

The delegation presented gifts to students of Bac Ha Ethnic Boarding School.

On December 5th, the delegation visited, presented gifts, and interacted with teachers and students at Bac Ha Ethnic Boarding Secondary and High School. The delegation presented 10 gifts to teachers, each worth 500,000 VND; 94 scholarships to students, each worth 200,000 VND; and 6 scholarships to 6 students with particularly difficult circumstances, each worth 500,000 VND. In addition, the delegation donated 5 million VND to the school's Scholarship Fund.

Thus, this delegation presented teachers and students in schools across Lao Cai province with gifts totaling 155 million VND.

The gifts from the teachers of the Trade Union Cluster of 5 universities may not be large, but they represent sincere affection and a deeply humane act of sharing. Seeing the joyful and innocent faces of the students receiving the gifts, along with the many candies and snacks, the members of the delegation felt warmer amidst the biting cold of early December. These small gifts contribute to motivating teachers and students to continue overcoming difficulties, teaching well, and learning even better.

Concluding their three-day working trip to Lao Cai, the delegation returned to Hanoi with a spirit of volunteerism, vowing to continue organizing more meaningful activities to share and encourage teachers and students in remote, mountainous areas, gradually bringing education closer together.