Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the inter-level boarding school in Lang Son.

The Khuat Xa Primary and Secondary Boarding School Project is the first project to start construction among 11 inter-level boarding schools in the border area of the province and is among 248 inter-level boarding schools in border communes according to the Conclusion Notice No. 81-TB/TW of the Politburo on the policy of investing in building schools for border communes and Resolution No. 298/NQ-CP of the Government promulgating the Government's Action Plan to implement Conclusion Notice No. 81-TB/TW.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and delegates performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the Khuat Xa Primary and Secondary Boarding School. Photo: Anh Tuan - VNA

According to the leader of Lang Son Provincial People's Committee, the province is committed to handing over the clean site, creating the most favorable conditions for the construction unit to implement on schedule, ensuring the quality and safety of the project; directing the sectors and localities to closely coordinate and provide maximum support to the investor and the construction unit throughout the construction process to complete the project, put it into use and welcome students in the new school year 2026-2027. Along with that, the province will continue to mobilize resources and synchronously deploy the remaining 10 inter-level boarding schools in the border communes.

Khuat Xa Primary and Secondary Boarding School project in Khuat Xa commune has a scale of 36 classrooms, a total of 1,260 students. The planned area is nearly 5 hectares. The total investment is 265 billion VND.

Khuat Xa is a border commune formed on the basis of arranging the entire natural area and population size of the communes: Tam Gia and Khuat Xa commune (old). The commune has a natural area of 124.91km ² , population size of 9,283 people. The commune has 21 villages, including 3 border villages, the border line adjacent to China is 12.5km long. Currently, the commune has 8 schools including: 3 kindergartens, 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 2 primary and middle schools, with 90 classrooms, 1,830 students...

There are still many small schools in the area, the distance from home to school for students is still far, facilities and learning conditions are still lacking. The new school was built here with modern equipment, helping students develop comprehensively; creating conditions to concentrate resources, teaching staff, connecting, sharing, innovating to develop the quality of education in ethnic minority mountainous areas, highland border areas.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha presents gifts to Khuat Xa Primary and Secondary Boarding School at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo: Anh Tuan - VNA

Investing in and building inter-level boarding schools in border communes is not only an investment program in educational infrastructure, but also an outstanding social policy to create favorable conditions for ethnic minority children to study and train in the best educational environment, comprehensively developing life skills, digital skills, and global skills.

Hoang Minh Khoi, a 7A3 student at Khuat Xa Secondary School, shared that he and his friends are very happy because today the construction of the new school started. In the 2026-2027 school year, we will study in a spacious, modern school with full learning facilities, playgrounds, and dormitories...

On this occasion, the Deputy Prime Minister and leaders of Lang Son province presented gifts to students in difficult circumstances in the area.

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