Groundbreaking for the Long Khanh A3 primary school in Long Khanh A, Hong Ngu District in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap. – VNS Photo

Ground has been broken for a primary school in Hong Ngu District in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Dong Thap funded by property company Novaland.

Long Khanh A3 school will be built to national school standards and opened in the 2020-21 school year.

The 2,000sq.m school will have 10 classrooms that can accommodate 350 children.

It will be the first school in Hong Ngu District to have a gymnasium, library, foreign language room, art room, IT room, medical room, and hall.

Nguyen Huu Tien, head of the Hong Ngu District Education and Training Office, said the school would offer local students a better studying environment.

Novaland has been supporting education in the locality for many years.

For the last 14 years its Nhe Teacher Scholarships have been given to thousands of disadvantaged students in Long Khanh District.

It has spent billions of dong in the period to improve teaching conditions.

Education is one of four fields Novaland has supported under its corporate social responsibility programmes, he others being healthcare, social welfare and community development.

It has donated over VND275 billion on the programmes. -- VNS