Mobilizing the supply of textbooks for students in flood-hit areas

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Anh, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Education Publishing House, Deputy Director of Education Publishing House in Ho Chi Minh City, said: "Following the direction of the Ministry of Education and Training on providing textbooks for students in flood-affected areas, the Publishing House will devote all its efforts to carry out this task. In the immediate future, the Publishing House will immediately organize the printing of 10 million additional textbooks. Combined with the number of books currently in stock, it will provide about 18 million textbooks for flood-affected areas. In the next 1 to 2 weeks, after having accurate data on the needs of localities, if there is still a shortage, the Publishing House will organize the printing of more."

According to Mr. Nguyen Thanh Anh, the average printing cost for 10 million books is estimated to be under 30 billion VND. All additional textbooks printed to provide to students affected by storms and floods will be deployed with the spirit of service.

Journalist Nguyen Ngoc Toan, Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper, and Ms. Cao Thi Ngoc Dung, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Golden Trust Fund, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of PNJ, signed a memorandum of understanding to implement the program in the presence of Mr. Nguyen Tuong Lam, Secretary of the Central Youth Union, Permanent Deputy Chairman of the National Committee on Vietnamese Youth, and delegates.

PHOTO: DAO NGOC THACH

Mr. Ngo Tran Ai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Education Equipment Publishing Investment Joint Stock Company (VEPIC), said that in the current difficult situation, in order to support and create conditions for localities that suffered heavy damage caused by storm No. 3 to have enough books for students to go to school, VEPIC Company has a policy to support a 50% reduction in textbook prices for schools and students in localities that were heavily affected by the storm. In addition, the company has donated books to poor students in Yen Bai province; directly supported students with 50% of the cover price for textbooks purchased to replace books damaged by storm No. 3.

The company will mobilize all the remaining textbooks in stock in the regions to transfer to Hanoi , which is 4.5 million copies. For some titles with low stock, VEPIC Company has promptly printed an additional 500,000 copies. These books being printed are expected to be in stock next week.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of Hai Ha International Investment Joint Stock Company, said that in order to help students quickly return to their studies after the losses caused by natural disasters, the company has developed a policy to participate in the program to support the cost of purchasing books, pens, and school supplies for students. Currently, the company has set up gift packages with special subsidies using a shared price of only 40-50% of the actual price.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/huy-dong-cung-ung-sach-giao-khoa-cho-hoc-sinh-vung-bao-lu-185240917234944366.htm