Friday, February 3, 2012

Ground breaking ceremony for Cambodia school project

Feb 3, 2012

HA NOI – The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians (GAVC) yesterday began a project to build a school for overseas Vietnamese children in Cambodia’s Pray Veng Province.

Funded by US$115,000 from Dong Thap People’s Committee the building will have an area of 1,530 sq.m which is expected to be completed in four months, said GAVC president Chau Van Chi.

This is the second school for overseas Vietnamese children built in Cambodia, with the other located in the capital Phnom Penh.

About 600 Vietnamese children living in Pray Veng are pursuing Vietnamese language classes in different locations in Cambodia, Chi said.

The school construction project is part of effortsto help Vietnamese Cambodians maintain their mother tounge, traditions and customs, and to promote solidarity within the Vietnamese community. - VNS

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