On the morning of October 8, the Hanoi Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee held a conference to commend typical examples, good people, good deeds; and honor "Outstanding Capital Citizens" in 2024.
At the ceremony, Hanoi City honored 10 outstanding citizens of the capital and awarded titles and flowers to congratulate 70 individuals representing nearly 700 typical "Good people, good deeds" of the capital in 2024.
Representing 700 examples of "Good people, good deeds" shared at the ceremony, the story of Mr. Nguyen Xuan Khang - Chairman of the Marie Curie School Board - who adopted all the lucky children who survived the flash flood in Lang Nu village (Lao Cai) moved many people in the audience.
Mr. Khang has long been known to many people for his charity projects sent to teachers and students in disadvantaged areas, such as "Ten thousand green trees for Meo Vac", "Teaching English to Meo Vac students"...
At the conference, when asked “How have you maintained your volunteer activities over the past time?”, Mr. Khang said that with the spirit of “the whole country for Hanoi, Hanoi for the whole country”, the Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training has encouraged educational institutions in the capital to be ready to help remote areas, disadvantaged districts and communes. Over the past time, the school has had 4 consecutive projects lasting 6-7 years.
“Financially, we have enough strength to carry out the projects we pursue, but in terms of effort, I really cannot handle all the work alone and have received the cooperation and contribution of many colleagues in the school and also colleagues in Meo Vac. Currently, the projects are developing very well” - Mr. Khang shared.
At Marie Curie School, students affectionately call Mr. Khang “grandpa”. And now, people also call him “grandpa of 22 Lang Nu children”.
Sharing about adopting all the lucky children who survived the historic flash flood in Lang Nu village, Mr. Khang said that as a teacher, facing the painful situation of the Lang Nu villagers, he thought of helping the children so that "no one had to drop out of school". Therefore, he intended to take care of all the children who survived the flash flood.
"Just a week ago, we went to every house, every school and even to the hospital. We were extremely heartbroken to see that so many children had been lost, only a few remained. We made a list of only 22 children in the village, including 12 girls and 10 boys; the two youngest were 3 years old and in kindergarten and the oldest was 17 years old and in 12th grade. I decided to raise them all" - Mr. Khang shared.
The whole hall fell silent when Mr. Khang shared that although he was old, he wished to "live a little longer" to see all the children grow up. "However, if I had "gone" earlier, my children, grandchildren, and colleagues at Marie Curie School would have fulfilled my wish and continued to take care of the children until the youngest child grew up - I would have been completely at ease" - Mr. Khang said with a choked voice.
