The Trade Union of Cluster 5 of the University presented meaningful gifts to disadvantaged students in Lang Son province.

                 Representatives of the Trade Unions of 5 schools and local leaders, Bac Ai 1 Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities cut the ribbon to inaugurate the boarding room.
 

Bac Ai 1 Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities is a school in a particularly difficult area located in De Tham commune. The school is located in Bac Ai village, De Tham commune, Trang Dinh district, Lang Son province with hilly and mountainous terrain, covered in fog all year round. The school's students are mainly from particularly difficult villages of De Tham commune (Coc SLay village, Bac Ai village) and particularly difficult villages of Hoa Tham commune, Binh Gia district (Doi Can I village, Doi Can II village, Ban Pin village). The school organizes boarding meals for students because most of them go to school far from home, the roads are difficult to travel, the red dirt roads are slippery, many sections of the road along the hillside are very dangerous, especially in the rainy season.  
In the 2023-2024 school year, the school has a total of 168 students. Of which, 139 are boarding students, 1,168 are boarding students. The school has encountered many difficulties in terms of accommodation for boarding students. Of the 139 boarding students, 37 have a place to sleep, 19 are living in a shack or in a house near the school, 25 are sleeping in the classroom, and 58 are not having a place to take a nap because the school does not have a room for them to rest. Students are at an active age, and there is no place to rest at noon, so they have to play and run around all afternoon, which is very tiring, and the risk of accidents is also constantly lurking. Therefore, this is a really necessary project for the school.
Speaking at the ceremony, Associate Professor Dr. Bui Duc Hung - Chairman of the Hanoi University of Science and Technology Trade Union, representing the leaders of the 5 schools' trade unions, said that this is one of the annual activities of the 5-school trade union cluster to support and encourage teachers and students in remote areas, areas with difficult economic conditions to strive to excel in teaching and learning. The gifts from the 5-school trade union cluster are numerous but contain the humane spirit of all union members of the 5 schools who join hands to share some of the difficulties of students in difficult areas.
Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngan, Vice Chairwoman of the People's Council of Trang Dinh District, acknowledged and highly appreciated the humanitarian spirit of the trade union of the 5 Universities. On behalf of the leaders of Trang Dinh District, Ms. Ngan expressed her gratitude to the leaders and all the staff and union members of the 5 Universities and expressed her wish to continue receiving the support, help and sharing of the Schools for educational activities in the District.
Representing the collective of teachers, parents and students of the school, Ms. Luong Thi Huong - Party cell secretary, Principal of Bac Ai 1 Primary and Secondary Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, expressed her gratitude to the Trade Union of Cluster 5 Universities. She affirmed that the act of 5 universities in Cluster G5 giving gifts and supporting poor students with difficult conditions to excel in their studies is a very meaningful act, a source of encouragement for them to continue to excel in their studies and training.   Supporting educational activities in mountainous, remote, isolated and extremely disadvantaged areas is an annual activity of the Trade Union of Cluster 5 Universities, demonstrating the tradition of mutual love and humanity. This activity has been connecting and spreading the spirit of noble gestures of Cluster G5, joining hands to contribute to sharing and supporting teachers and students in disadvantaged areas to have more motivation to excel in their studies and work.