KOICA hands over equipment to Yen Bai’s boarding and semi-boarding ethnic minority schools

  •  Monday, December 25, 2023

YBO -The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Vietnam has handed over equipment to several local boarding and semi-boarding ethnic minority schools of Yen Bai province.

Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Vu ThiHienHanh receives the aid from a representative of KOICA.
Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee Vu ThiHienHanh receives the aid from a representative of KOICA.

The project, valued at 500,000 USD, is part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation signed by KOICA, the provincial People’s Committee and the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs on April 13.

Under the MoU, the provincial People's Committee entrusted the provincial Department of Education and Training to collaborate with KOICA and relevant agencies in drafting official documents for the aid project. Additionally, the provincial People's Committee issued a decision approving the aid project.

Eight boarding ethnic minority high schools and Mo De semi-boarding ethnic minority secondary and high school in Mu Cang Chai district received the equipment, including nine computer rooms, 53 85-inch TVs, 50 laptops, 39 HDMI cables, 11 projectors, 11 electric screens of 180 inches, and 24 air conditioners.

The non-refundable assistance project has contributed to ensuring the implementation of the 2018 General Education Programme, and improving the quality of education, and the learning environment for students in the locality.


Minh Huyen