“New look” for Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted in Da Nang

Da Nang spends more than 78.7 billion VND to invest in upgrading Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted. (Photo: ANH DAO)

This is the first time the largest specialized school in Da Nang has been invested in a synchronous upgrade, both in terms of funding and investment scale, after 22 years since its inauguration and operation.

Double joy

Talking to a reporter from Nhan Dan Newspaper about the Da Nang City's traditional specialized school, which has just been approved by the Da Nang City leaders for investment in upgrading and expanding, teacher Le Thanh Hai, the school's principal, could not hide his emotion: Le Quy Don Da Nang High School for the Gifted was newly invested in and put into operation in September 2003, and has been in operation for 22 years. Many items have been damaged and degraded, requiring a huge amount of money, tens of billions of VND, for upgrading and repairing.

Recently, the city has handed over the first phase of the project with a total cost of 14 billion VND, with a row of 8 new, spacious classrooms. These are the classrooms that the school will use to arrange for students to study instead of the degraded, unsafe classrooms.

The new, spacious building with 8 classrooms (phase 1) has just been handed over to the school. (Photo: ANH DAO)

The city's approval of the second phase of the investment policy to upgrade and expand the facilities of Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted (phase 2) is very timely, aiming to continue upgrading the school's degraded facilities, ensuring the safety and teaching environment of the school; at the same time, ensuring the conditions of facilities, improving the quality of education to serve the learning needs of students in the area.

Currently, the relevant units are completing the construction bidding procedures according to regulations and the project will soon be implemented. For teachers and students of the school, this is a great joy and motivation, especially in this new school year.

Phase 2 project will be linked to this phase 1 project, creating a spacious and modern structure. (Photo: ANH DAO)

"We hope and believe that after being repaired and upgraded, the school's facilities will be more spacious and clean, on par with other specialized high schools across the country," said Mr. Le Thanh Hai.

Together with reporters, recording the reality in the degraded classrooms and the peeling and cracked corridors, Mr. Le Thanh Hai said that to ensure the students and teachers in studying and teaching, the school has not used the degraded classrooms and has moved to the newly built area. Currently, the degraded and damaged locations have been measured, counted, and numbered in the project file.

Right in the school principal's office, the walls are peeling, leaking and moldy. (Photo: ANH DAO)

According to the reporter, right at the school principal's office on the 2nd floor of the old building, the walls are peeling and moldy. While waiting for the project to be implemented, this August, the school will clean and repaint some classrooms.

More than 78.7 billion VND to "put on a new coat" for Le Quy Don specialized school

Chairman of the People's Committee of Da Nang City Luong Nguyen Minh Triet signed Decision No. 908/QD-UBND dated August 8, 2025 approving the investment policy to upgrade and expand the facilities of Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted (phase 2) with a total investment of more than 78.7 billion VND.

The project is invested and managed by the Danang Project Management Board for Investment and Construction of Civil, Industrial and Technical Infrastructure Works, with implementation period from 2025-2028.

The investment project to build Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted (phase 2) to ensure essential functional rooms and supplement appropriate facilities for teaching and learning is an important project of the education sector, aiming to improve the quality of teaching and learning services of the school.

This entire railing will be replaced. (Photo: ANH DAO)

The architecture of the project is in harmony with the current situation, while bringing the modern, dynamic features of today's high school students, suitable for the surrounding landscape. The project belongs to group C, from the city budget, the implementation period is from 2025-2028.

Regarding investment content and scale, block A has a total renovated floor area of about ^3,795m2 , total construction floor area of about ^207.5m2 . Block B: total renovated floor area of about ^1,775m2 , total construction floor area of about ^680m2 .

The project will convert the functions of some rooms, renovate the corridor railings and stairs. (Photo: ANH DAO)

Block C with a total renovated floor area of about ^4,116m2 , total construction floor area of about ^1,892m2 . Hall and library block with a total renovated floor area of about ^1,600m2 , total construction floor area of about ^800m2 . Multi-purpose block with a total renovated floor area of about ^1,105m2 and other auxiliary items.

The project will convert the functions of some rooms, renovate the corridor and staircase railings, replace the floor tiles, tile the laboratory walls, replace all doors, install a sunshade system, replace the purlin system and corrugated iron roof, renovate the electricity and water systems, add a fire protection system, and repaint the building.

The renovated first floor construction area is 1,892m², the total renovated floor area is 4,116m². Newly built and expanded back corridor, the total construction floor area is about 130.9m².

Classrooms and seriously degraded locations have been measured, counted, noted, and recorded. (Photo: ANH DAO)

Renovating library space; upgrading and renovating the hall; renovating the corridor system, stairs, lobby; replacing tiles, replacing all doors, installing sunshade louvers, replacing new purlins and corrugated iron roofs, renovating electricity and water systems, adding fire protection systems, repainting the building. The construction area of the first floor is 800m², the total renovated floor area is 1,600m².

The multi-purpose building will be renovated and have its functions changed in some areas; the floor will be renovated, the tiles will be replaced, the doors will be replaced, the truss system will be repainted, the roof will be replaced, the stairs will be repaired, the electricity and water systems will be renovated, the fire protection system will be added, and the building will be repainted. The renovated floor area is about 1,400m² (the first floor is about 1,190m² and the mezzanine is about 210m²)….

The degraded facilities at Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted in Da Nang will be completely renovated and upgraded. (Photo: ANH DAO)

After 22 years, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted in Da Nang will be given a new look, invested appropriately and will promote efficiency, ensuring the best facilities for teaching and learning. This is also the expectation of teachers, students and parents of the school for many years.

CHERRY

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