ABBANK raises 1 billion VND to build schools for children in mountainous areas

(Dan Tri) - An Binh Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ABBANK) has just inaugurated a boarding house and auxiliary facilities for students at Chieng An Primary and Secondary School, Muong La district, Son La province.

This is a positive result from a special initiative of ABBANK called "Journey of a Thousand Miles - Nurturing Thousands of Dreams". The initiative calls on ABBANK staff to contribute to charity funds for the community by building a habit of exercising , improving the health of themselves and their families.

The triathlon event was organized for the first time by ABBANK to inspire a series of actions to overcome the limits of employees and join hands to raise funds to build schools for children in mountainous areas.

Officially launched in September 2024, after just over 3 months of implementation, the campaign "Journey of a Thousand Miles - Nurturing Thousands of Dreams" has completed its dual goal: successfully raising 1 billion VND, while promoting a positive corporate culture, creating a professional, healthy, and cohesive working environment.

The campaign attracted continuous participation and strong spread of nearly 1,300 ABBANK employees nationwide with nearly 190,000km conquered, more than 23,000 hours of practice recorded through jogging, swimming, and cycling activities.

Every step, every kilometer contributed by ABBANK employees shows the spirit of sharing and joining hands for the community.

Immediately after completing the fundraising goal, ABBANK cooperated with the Vietnam Children's Support Fund (VCF) to start building a boarding house and auxiliary works for Nong Hoi Duoi School, Chieng An Primary and Secondary School, Muong La District, Son La Province. At the end of April 2025, the project was completed and inaugurated, put into use, helping nearly 200 students have a warmer, safer, more hygienic and comfortable place to live.

Sharing about the bank's sustainable development strategy and community service goals, Mr. Pham Duy Hieu, General Director of ABBANK, said: "At ABBANK, we always encourage our employees to continuously learn, practice, strive to explore their own limits, play hard, work hard and serve wholeheartedly. This campaign is a vivid demonstration of all the above values, contributing to bringing positive and sustainable impacts in society as well as in ABBANK's own working environment."

Representatives of ABBANK, BTTEVN Fund and local government representatives at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of boarding houses and auxiliary works after the successful campaign.

Students at the school now have clean, spacious boarding houses with fully equipped toilets.

At the groundbreaking and inauguration ceremony, a total of 50 gifts including backpacks, uniforms and cash scholarships were presented by ABBANK to poor students who have overcome difficulties. In addition, ABBANK also presented a water purifier to the school, helping teachers and students have more clean water, contributing to protecting their health so that they can continue teaching, studying and practicing.

Nong Hoi Duoi School, Chieng An Primary and Secondary School has a majority of students who are ethnic minorities, with difficult family circumstances. Many students have to stay at school because their homes are far away, the road to school is dangerous and difficult, especially during the rainy season. For many years, the school's facilities have been degraded, and students lack housing and basic learning equipment.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dam - Principal of the school - expressed: "The support from ABBANK is a meaningful and practical gift, not only helping to improve learning and living conditions but also showing sharing and love for students in remote and disadvantaged areas. The new boarding house and auxiliary works will contribute to improving the quality of care and education for students, helping them feel secure in studying and training in a better environment."

The gifts contributed by ABBANK employees, friends and relatives were given to the students as a warm and sincere encouragement.

Speaking at the event, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien - Deputy Director of BTTEVN Fund - also emphasized that the work of caring for, protecting and educating children, including the construction of key projects such as schools and boarding houses, is one of the top priorities of BTTEVN Fund, and acknowledged ABBANK's efforts and contributions in activities for children.

In community projects, ABBANK always focuses on children - the future buds of the country.

Recognizing the important role of community work in each enterprise in the overall development of the country, over the years, ABBANK has spent hundreds of billions of VND of budget and a lot of enthusiasm on practical social work, bringing long-term value to the community.

In addition to business activities with optimal products, services and financial solutions for customers, ABBANK focuses on implementing community activities focusing on 3 main areas: environment, education and health with many practical, effective and sustainable community initiatives.

In 2024, ABBANK is the only bank among 40 Vietnamese and foreign enterprises to be awarded the title "Enterprise for the Community" by Saigon Times.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/kinh-doanh/abbank-gay-quy-1-ty-dong-xay-truong-cho-tre-em-vung-cao-20250508175405392.htm