Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh attends the groundbreaking ceremony of an inter-level general school in a border commune of Dak Lak.

Photo caption — Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh presents gifts to ethnic minority students.

The project to build the Ia Rve Commune Primary and Secondary School has a total investment of 127.8 billion VND; the scale of 1,125 students, including boarding and semi-boarding students. The school is upgraded and expanded with facilities from Nguyen Thi Dinh Secondary School, expected to be completed in early August 2026.

The project has an area of over 51,000 ^m2 , including newly built items such as: Primary and Secondary School building, built with 3 floors, level III scale, each floor is over 900 m2; dining room and kitchen with level III standards, 1 floor; 30-room boarding house with level III standards, 3 floors and many other items such as garage; guard house; house for water filtration equipment... Technical infrastructure includes: Overall leveling, stone embankment, gate, fence, yard, internal road, flagpole, trees, power supply system, water supply and drainage, underground water tank...

The project also renovated the old school into a boarding area for lunch breaks, a cultural and artistic activity house. In addition, the new school has also invested in equipment for teaching, student care and school activities.

On the same day, Dak Lak also started construction of two projects: Ia Lop Primary and Secondary Boarding School (Ia Lop commune) and Buon Don Primary and Secondary Boarding School (Buon Don commune), with a total investment of more than 263.6 billion VND.

Ia Rve, Ia Lop and Buon Don are the western border communes of Dak Lak province, very far from the center of Dak Lak province. Transportation is difficult, the land is not fertile and there is little water for irrigation, so the lives of ethnic people are very difficult.

The three projects that have been started are key projects in the Investment Program to build schools for Dak Lak border communes, which are expected to create a breakthrough in developing educational infrastructure, improving people's knowledge, and contributing to strengthening national defense and security in the Central Highlands border area.