More low-cost playgrounds for children which use recycled materials have been built in many localities in Vietnam.
Students from a number of primary schools in Krong No District, Dak Nong Province, are very happy with newly-built playgrounds which are made from recycled materials such as cables and tyres.
Vo Huu Lanh, deputy headmaster of Le Van Tam Primary School, said the playground was finished with the support from students as well as their parents who took part in construction. The new playground has also helped encourage pupils to attend school.
The playground at Le Van Tam Primary School
A low-cost playground made from recycled materials also opened at Phong Son 2 Pre-school in Thua Thien-Hue Province's Phong Dien District. This is also the first playground of this kind for pre-school students in the province. The playground cost just VND20 million (USD952) and the model may be expanded across the province.
A group of young architects and volunteers called Think Playgrounds have built eight low-cost play areas in several districts in Hanoi where children lack outdoor play areas.
Their playgrounds are typically small plots of land sandwiched between apartment buildings or houses, or empty lots in ‘house boat’ neighbourhoods like Phao Hamlet or those residing along the Red River in Long Bien District.
The young architects and volunteers have turned tyres into swings, wood planks into seesaws, or climbing walls for children.
