Many people question why the gate of Nam Muoi Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities suddenly collapsed and killed them.
In the article "School gates collapse in Lao Cai, the quality of construction must be clarified" published on September 22, 2025, Lao Dong Newspaper stated frankly that the school gates collapsed due to poor construction quality, or the project had been built for too long and degraded, but could not be demolished, rebuilt or renovated.
Even if the project is dilapidated and unsafe, the school still needs to consider responsibility.
Perhaps without money to repair the school gate, we should leave it to chance.
Immediately afterwards, Lao Dong reporters went to the field and recorded that the pillars collapsed, bricks and debris were scattered everywhere, with scattered mortar, no concrete, no steel.
So is the cause of the school gate collapse due to people building it without concrete, without iron or steel?
Nam Muoi Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities was built in early 2010. At that time, what was the design drawing, whether the school gate had reinforced concrete or not, if so, why was there only bricks and mortar when it collapsed?
Or, the school gate design does not have reinforced concrete, which is also unacceptable because it does not ensure the safety of the school.
The school was built more than 10 years ago, but is now old, only renovating the classrooms, while the school gate and fence are still the same. The locality has no funding, the school does not care about safety, leading to serious consequences, killing two people.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Ban Ton Coi (born in 1999, father of the two victims) said that he only hoped the authorities would clarify the cause, responsibility as well as the quality of the project so that the two children could leave peacefully.
That is not only the wish of the unfortunate father and two grandchildren, but of many others. There must be someone responsible for this serious accident.
Clarify the cause, handle specific individuals, if there is enough basis, criminal proceedings must be carried out. Only then can the situation of building poor quality schools be corrected, leading to many cases of children whose school gates collapse and die.
Please note, the collapse of school gates shows the quality of construction. When the school gate fell, the pillars were discovered to be made of only bricks, not an iron pillar.
Immediately after the painful death of these two children, schools need to review old and degraded structures to reinforce and ensure the safety of students.
Don't let another child die like that again.
