The ground-breaking ceremony on the bridge project was held on December 13 in Que Phong District’s Tri Le Commune. The event saw the participation of representatives from Que Phong District and Deputy Editor-in-chief of Dantri/DTiNews Newspaper Nguyen Xuan Toan.
The ground-breaking ceremony of the bridge
At the ceremony, Deputy Editor-in-chief of Dantri/DTiNews Newspaper Nguyen Xuan Toan said that the bridge was a meaningful gift for people in Nam Tot Village from Dantri/DTiNews Newspaper readers.
Through the newspaper, readers have donated a total of VND500 million (USD21,739) for the bridge project.
Over the past 16 years, the newspaper has helped to build 21 bridges and many classrooms in disadvantaged and remote areas, Toan added.
Sam Van Duyet, vice party secretary of Que Phong District, said that all people in Tri Le Commune are from the H'mong ethnic minority group. Nam Tot is one among five villages bordering Laos. It is up to 45 kilometres from the village to the centre of Que Phong District. Every day, local students have to travel along paths to school, posing dangers for them, particularly in the rainy season.
Nam Tot has 47 households with nearly 300 people who live on farming. Over the past years, villagers have had to travel through a temporary bridge across Nam Tot Stream.
The current Nam Tot Bridge has severely deteriorated
Roads to Nam Tot Village are slippery
The bridge construction is expected to be finished in around one month to come.
This is the newspaper’s second bridge in Que Phong.
The newspaper also helped to build some classrooms at Pa Khom area in Tri Le Commune in November 2016.