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Central Highlands pays heeds to education in remote, ethnic areas

Hanoi, September 5 (VNA) – All 3,351 schools with more than 1.4 million students from ethnic groups in the Central Highlands provinces celebrated the new school year on September 5. 

The Central Highlands provinces have mobilised hundreds of billions of Vietnamese dong to invest in facilities and equipment at local schools ahead new academic year. 

Priorities have been given to building schools in remote and ethnic minority areas. 

Dak Lak province spent nearly 300 billion VND (13.2 million USD) sourced from local budget and other mobilised resources to build and upgrade 507 classrooms, houses for teachers, and buy teaching and learning equipment. 

Currently, almost all communes in the regional provinces have primary schools, junior high schools and nursery schools. 

Several localities have allocated local budget to buy textbooks and notebooks for ethnic minority students from poor and near-poor households. 

Covering 54,400 sq.km, the Centrla Highlands region consists of five provinces – Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Dak Nong and Lam Dong, with a population of over 5.4 million, 25.7 percent of them ethnic minorities.
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Vietnamese, Chinese border guards kick off 2026 joint patrol

Vietnamese, Chinese border guards kick off 2026 joint patrol

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