(VOVWORLD) - Lao Cai province is mobilizing all available resources to accelerate the construction of four inter-level boarding schools in border communes to realize the Party and State’s strategic vision of building a “knowledge belt” along the nation’s frontiers. In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year 2026, construction sites are busy around the clock so that the new schools will be completed and ready for the 2026-2027 school year.
 At the construction site in A Mu Sung commune, Lao Cai province (Photo: VOV) |
In A Mu Sung commune, more than 300 engineers and workers are working around the clock on a site of about 7 hectares, despite the harsh highland winter weather. This is one of 4 major projects being implemented in Lao Cai. Ha Tien Hung with Phuc Anh Construction Company, Ltd., said that, to keep the project on schedule, workers have rarely taken a day off.
Hung said: “Even during the recent New Year holiday, we worked as usual to ensure progress. Only when the rain is too heavy do we stop. When the weather clears, we work extra shifts, even moving to three shifts a day to make up for lost time.”
 Efforts are accelerated to complete the project as schedule (Photo: VOV) |
Special mechanisms in public investment have supported the construction progress. Hoang Minh Dai, who represents the investor, said: “The project was approved by the Politburo and the Government as a special public investment project. Procedures have been streamlined, with design and construction carried out simultaneously. This has significantly accelerated progress.”
According to a report from the Lao Cai provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board, all 4 sites are on schedule. In A Mu Sung, several key tasks have been completed. In Pha Long, 80% of the site has been leveled. Y Ty’s multipurpose building has a completed foundation. And in Muong Khuong, site leveling is proceeding rapidly. All 4 projects are scheduled for completion by August 30, in time to welcome 4,000 students for the new school year.
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Phung Duc Giang, Vice Principal of the A Mu Sung Semi-Boarding Primary and Lower Secondary School for Ethnic Minority Students, said: “Before I came here, I didn’t realize how big it would be. Seeing the site and the plans in person helped me picture the next school year. It’s really exciting and inspiring.”
Completing these modern, well-equipped schools will mark a leap forward in education, resolving a long-standing problem of overcrowding and inadequate facilities.