Samsung Vietnam inaugurates Hope School in Lang Son
Samsung Vietnam on September 8 cooperated with the Republic of Korea’s Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) to officially inaugurate "Samsung Hope School" in Trung Cap village, Mai Pha commune, the northern province of Lang Son on the occasion of the new school year.
The 4th Hope School inaugurated in Lang Son province. (Photo courtesy of Samsung Vietnam)
Lang Son (VNA) - Samsung Vietnam on September 8 cooperated with theRepublic of Korea’s Food for the Hungry International (KFHI) to officiallyinaugurate "Samsung Hope School" in Trung Cap village, Mai Pha commune,the northern province of Lang Son on the occasion of the new school year.
Officially starting construction in November 2021, the school covers an area of 7,402sq.m, including a 2-storey classroom building, a welfare building, a multi-purpose house, a football field and outdoor play areas. Funds for renovation, construction of facilities, procurement of equipment and costs of project implementation management are sponsored by Samsung Vietnam.
Samsung Hope School in the province is the 4th school completed and put intooperation in the Samsung Hope School chain in Vietnam after schools in Bac Ninh,Thai Nguyen and Bac Giang.
This school will be a completely free after-school extracurricular learningplace for about 300 disadvantaged students from elementary to junior high inthe province.
Like other Samsung Hope Schools, students at Lang Son Hope School will alsoparticipate in the “Child Development Programme (CDP)”.
This programme not only provides students with learning opportunities toapproach science and technology, such as informatics, programming, and careerexperiences, but also provides opportunities to learn specific talents, foreignlanguages such as English and Korean, music, art, and physical education.
In addition, students will be able to participate in sexual health educationprogrammes, periodical health checks, community support activities around theschool such as medical support activities, health checkups and free medicinedistribution.
Choi Joo Ho, President of Samsung Vietnam said: "I feel very happy.Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Samsung Hope School in Lang Son province wascompleted after only nine months. More specifically, when our school is putinto operation on the occasion of the new school year, it helps to double thejoy of the students' back-to-school day. Samsung will make continuous effortsso that students can maximise their potential talents and creativity, realisetheir dreams, and become the owners of the future.”
Samsung Hope School is one of many key social responsibility projects with themission of spreading knowledge, sharing vision and creating the future for theyoung generation in Vietnam. The project hopes to contribute to improvingliving and learning conditions for local students with difficult circumstancesand poor students; thereby contributing to the development of local education,especially primary education and lower secondary education./.
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The 4th Hope School inaugurated in Lang Son province. (Photo courtesy of Samsung Vietnam) 
