Additional 3.6 billion VND to help improve Vietnamese language for ethnic minority children

"When children have the opportunity to read, think, listen and talk about books, they can identify with their own experiences..."

Room to Read has just announced the launch of the project "Enhancing Language Development for Primary School Students in Vietnam", aiming to support many ethnic minority students when learning Vietnamese. This project received a grant of 3.6 billion VND (150,000 USD) from the Warburg Pincus Investment Fund.

The recent event to present this grant was attended by US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper; Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong; Deputy Director of the Department of Primary Education, Ministry of Education and Training Ta Ngoc Tri.

Room to Read reports that currently, in Vietnam, with 54 different ethnic groups, the proportion of ethnic minorities is about 13% of the population. For ethnic minority children, difficulties in using the Vietnamese language from grade 1 can become a major challenge in long-term learning at school.

Therefore, with this 3.6 billion VND funded, Room to Read Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Training designed a course to develop Vietnamese listening and speaking skills for ethnic minority students before entering grade 1, including providing appropriate story books for students, as well as designing materials and implementing training activities for teachers. Thereby, helping ethnic minority children develop Vietnamese language skills, creating interest, initiative and confidence for them in learning. At the same time, the project supports local education departments to establish 100 new friendly libraries in Vietnam, directly benefiting more than 60,000 children.

Children at a friendly library

Ms. Nguyen Dieu Nuong, Country Director of Room to Read in Vietnam, said that the project hopes that more and more ethnic minority children in Vietnam will be effectively supported to develop Vietnamese language skills before entering grade 1. At the same time, the newly established libraries provide safe and colorful reading spaces for students to access quality books and stories and further develop their curiosity and desire to learn.

"When children have the opportunity to read, think, listen and talk about books, they can recognize their own experiences, and at the same time see the wider world through the eyes of others through the pages of books," said Ms. Nguyen Dieu Nuong.

Room to Read has supported more than 39 million children in 23 countries in more than 182,000 communities, and has also provided additional remote solutions to facilitate learning outside the classroom. In Vietnam, for many years, the organization has worked closely with the Ministry of Education and Training to create activities on language development, forming reading habits for students and supporting education for girls.

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