Teachers and students anxiously wait for school to collapse

Truong Pho thong dan toc noi tru Vinh Linh (thi tran Ho Xa, huyen Vinh Linh, tinh Quang Tri) co 12 phong hoc va 3 phong to chuyen mon, phuc vu cho gan 300 hoc sinh, 36 can bo giao vien nhan vien phuc vu hoc tap va giang day.

Vinh Linh Boarding Ethnic High School (Ho Xa town, Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province) has 12 classrooms and 3 professional group rooms, serving nearly 300 students, 36 teachers and staff serving learning and teaching.

Ngoi truong duoc xay dung va dua vao su dung tu nam 1997, voi dien tich 1.267 m2, day nha hoc chinh hien nay da hu hong va xuong cap tram trong. Trong anh, lam mot mang tuong tro gach, chi can dung tay cham nhe la mang tuong roi ra.

The school was built and put into use in 1997, with an area of 1,267 m2, the main school building is now damaged and seriously degraded. In the photo, there is a bare brick wall, just a light touch with your hand will make the wall fall off.

Cot chiu luc o tang 2 cua day nha 3 tang bi nut toac, roi di phan be tong, lo phan thep ben trong da bi gi set.

The load-bearing column on the second floor of the three-story building cracked open, the concrete fell off, revealing the rusted steel inside.

Tai vi tri cau thang va hanh lang an toan cua cac tang deu xuat hien vet nut, nhieu noi lop be tong bi nut, chi can bi tac dong nhe la roi ca mang.

Cracks appeared at the stairs and safety corridors of each floor. In many places, the concrete layer was cracked, and just a slight impact would cause the entire layer to fall off.

Sau tran mua cach day tam 1 thang, nuoc tham vao cac hang muc, den khi nang len thi hau nhu ngay nao cung co tinh trang o cau thang, day hanh lang be tong roi tung mang, rat nguy hiem.

After the rain about a month ago, water seeped into the items. When the sun came out, almost every day there was a situation where concrete on the stairs and hallways fell off in pieces, very dangerous.

O day phong hoc tang 3, tai vi tri hang lang bao dam an toan ngay sat ben phong hoc co mot diem dai khoang 2m da bi do sap.

In the 3rd floor classroom block, in the safe corridor right next to the classroom, there was a point about 2m long that collapsed.

Cot xuat hien vet nut nghiem trong, nhung ngay nao hoc sinh cung qua lai o vi tri nay.

The column has serious cracks, but students pass by this location every day.

Cot nut, tran nha thi be tong roi lo ca thep gi.

Fallen concrete slabs exposed rusted steel on the ceiling.

Ong Tran Ngoc Oanh, Hieu truong Truong Pho thong dan toc noi tru Vinh Linh cho hay, ca giao vien va hoc sinh deu lo lang khi hoc o trong day phong hoc 3 tang. Nha truong da de nghi hoc sinh khong duoc choi xung quanh cac day nha hoc, khong duoc dua vao cac lan can va cac dia diem tuong bi nut, vi so tuong gay do, voi vua roi xuong.

Mr. Tran Ngoc Oanh, Principal of Vinh Linh Ethnic Boarding School, said that both teachers and students are worried about studying in the three-story classroom building. The school has asked students not to play around the buildings, not to lean on railings and cracked walls, for fear of the walls collapsing and mortar falling down.

Co Nguyen Thi Nguyet, giao vien day mon Ngu Van, Truong Pho thong dan toc noi tru Vinh Linh noi rang vua day vua lo, khi o ngay trong lop cac thanh giang cung xuat hien vet nut.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyet, a Literature teacher at Vinh Linh Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities, said that during the teaching process, she was both worried and anxious when cracks appeared in the braces in the classroom.

Truoc tinh trang xuong cap cua ngoi truong, Truong Pho thong dan toc noi tru Vinh Linh da co kien nghi UBND huyen Vinh Linh va cac cap quan tam, dau tu nang cap, sua chua.

Faced with the school's deterioration, Vinh Linh Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities has petitioned the People's Committee of Vinh Linh district and all levels to pay attention and invest in upgrading and repairing.

Ong Nguyen Thien Tung - Pho Chu tich UBND huyen Vinh Linh cho hay, huyen vua moi dau tu xay dung day nha o noi tru o Truong Pho thong dan toc noi tru Vinh Linh. Con day nha hoc bi xuong cap, huyen cung dang xem xet bo tri von trung han de xay dung lai. “Do thieu kinh phi, nen chung toi phai xin phep cap tren va doi cac nguon von de bo tri xay dung” - ong Nguyen Thien Tung noi.

Mr. Nguyen Thien Tung - Vice Chairman of Vinh Linh District People's Committee said that the district has just invested in building a dormitory building at Vinh Linh Ethnic Boarding School. As for the degraded school building, the district is also considering allocating medium-term capital to rebuild it. "Due to lack of funds, we have to ask for permission from superiors and wait for capital sources to arrange for construction" - Mr. Nguyen Thien Tung said.

Ben canh day phong hoc chinh, hien khu nha an cap 4 cua truong cung da xuong cap nghiem trong. Day nha an co dien tich 221m2, duoc xay dung va dua vao su dung tu nam 1997 duoc truong cai tao, sua chua nhieu lan nhung nay da xuong cap, mai nha dot, tuong nut ne, am thap khong dap ung nhu cau.

In addition to the main classrooms, the school’s level 4 dining hall is also seriously degraded. The dining hall has an area of 221 square meters, was built and put into use in 1997, then renovated and repaired many times, but is now degraded, the roof leaks, the walls are cracked, and the humidity does not meet the needs.