After storm No. 3, 10 million additional textbooks were printed, printing costs about 30 billion VND.

Sharing with Dan Viet newspaper reporters how many textbooks will need to be supplemented after storm No. 3, a representative of the VietnamEducation Publishing House said: "We have not yet received exact information from localities about the number of books that need to be supplemented. Preliminary statistics show that 25 provinces in the northern region were affected by storm No. 3. There are about 190 titles of books for students from grades 1 to 12 that need to be supplemented to localities (not including elective topics at high school level).

10 triệu bản sách giáo khoa sẽ in ngay bổ sung sau cơn bão số 3, giảm giá 10% giá bìa - Ảnh 1. — A school in Hanoi was flooded. Photo: NTCC

In accordance with the Ministry of Education and Training's direction on providing textbooks for students in flood-affected areas, the Vietnam Education Publishing House will devote all its efforts to carrying out this task. In the immediate future, the Publishing House will immediately print 10 million additional textbooks. Combined with the number of books currently in stock, the Vietnam Education Publishing House will provide about 18 million textbooks for flood-affected areas. In the next 1-2 weeks, after having accurate data on local demand, if there is still a shortage, the Publishing House will print more.

The average printing cost for 10 million books is estimated to be under 30 billion VND. All additional printed textbooks provided to students affected by storms and floods will be deployed in the spirit of service."

Regarding the discount or incentive policy for schools and parents buying books, the Publishing House representative said: "For the number of textbooks that the Publishing House organizes to print additional books to supply to flood areas, a 10% discount will be applied on the cover price (equivalent to about 50% of the distribution cost). At the same time, a budget will be set aside to donate a large number of textbooks to students in heavily damaged areas."

As of September 18, 2024, Vietnam Education Publishing House has donated 2,200 sets of textbooks to the most severely damaged provinces such as Yen Bai, Lao Cai, Lang Son , Tuyen Quang, Thai Nguyen... worth 550 million VND. Through the education sector trade union, Vietnam Education Publishing House has also donated 620 million VND to people in flood-affected areas.

According to the reports of 18/26 provinces and centrally-run cities sent to the Ministry of Education and Training, as of September 16, the total damage to facilities and teaching equipment is estimated at 1,260 billion VND; 41,564 sets of textbooks were damaged, specifically as follows:

Damage to facilities: 514,730 million VND. Of which:

- Preschool Education: 117,637 million VND;

- Primary Education: 139,515 million VND;

- Secondary school: 142,044 million VND;

- High school: 115,534 million VND.

Damage to teaching equipment: 745,801 million VND. Of which:

- Preschool Education: 306,618 million VND;

- Primary Education: 169,514 million VND;

- Secondary school: 156,028 million VND;

- High school: 113,642 million VND.

Damage to textbooks: 41,564 sets of books. Of which:

- Primary Education: 23,943 sets of books;