Visit and give gifts in Van Tho commune (Dai Tu, Thai Nguyen)

On December 14, 2008, a delegation of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities led by Mr. Dang Xuan Khang - Chairman of the School's Trade Union - visited and presented gifts to Van Tho commune - Dai Tu district - Thai Nguyen province. Representatives of the Party Committee, People's Committee and teachers and students of Van Tho primary school were present at the reception.

At the meeting, the delegation presented the commune with 2,100 notebooks, 600 pencils, 600 erasers, textbooks, school supplies, and 22 boxes of clothes. The delegation also presented 8 cash gifts, each worth 200,000 VND, to 8 students in difficult circumstances and donated 2 million VND to the Fund for the Poor of Van Tho commune.

Van Tho Commune, Dai Tu District, Thai Nguyen is where cadres and students of the University of General Sciences (now Hanoi National University) evacuated, lived, studied and taught during the first years of the destructive war of the American empire (1965-1969). The commune currently has 3,700 people, living mainly on agriculture. The lives of the people of Van Tho commune face many difficulties with over 50% of households being poor and near-poor, with an average income per capita of no more than 200,000 VND/month.

This activity of the School is both a response to the call of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Education Trade Union to donate books, school supplies, and warm clothes to help students and teachers in remote, isolated, and extremely disadvantaged areas, and is also a friendly visit to a locality - a place that was once closely associated with teachers and students of the former General School during the war years. It is known that since 1996, many exchange activities like this have been regularly organized between Van Tho commune and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in particular and VNU in general.

Some pictures of the visit: