Tran Van Kieu Primary School (formerly known as Phu Dinh) is located on Vanh Dai Street (Ward 10, District 6).
At a meeting with Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Ngo Minh Chau on resolving difficulties and obstacles on the afternoon of March 6, the People's Committee of District 6 explained about the Tran Van Kieu Primary School project. This school has been degraded and has been vacant for 15 years, but it has not been able to be settled while the demand for classrooms in the area is extremely high.
Tuoi Tre Online reporters returned to this school. The sight before them was a massive infrastructure system but unfortunately "empty houses and gardens", grass and trees growing up the walls, stone benches, peeling brick floors... looking at it was heartbreaking.
Mr. Long (a resident living near the school) shared: "The school has been abandoned for many years now, and has been repaired but the quality is not guaranteed to be operational again. Because no one is looking after it, this place often gathers bad elements at night, making the people living nearby very scared. We hope to resolve this soon, maybe build a school or park for people to participate in activities...".
The construction of Tran Van Kieu Primary School was invested in 2002 under the decision of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee. The project has a total investment of 19 billion VND, an area of 6,600m2 including 26 classrooms and a 3-storey building serving teaching and learning.
The project started in August 2003, was completed by the investor, the supervision consultant, the design consultant, the construction contractor and the beneficiary in September 2004 and put into use in 2005.
But after about 4 years of use, the project had subsidence, causing damage to the load-bearing structure, the enclosure system, and auxiliary works such as the yard, toilets, emergency stairs, etc. Therefore, the People's Committee of District 6 coordinated with relevant departments to arrange and send the students to other schools to study.
Lots of glass pieces were scattered in the hallway. Most of the school’s aluminum and iron materials were smashed and taken away.
During the period 2006 - 2018, the district had twice carried out troubleshooting through 15 subsidence monitoring cycles, but the troubleshooting and repair were still not safe, and the locality reported to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee. At that time, the District 6 People's Committee proposed to temporarily stop monitoring, organize inspection, assess the extent of damage to the entire project, and handle the responsibilities of individuals and related units.
On that basis, District 6 requested permission to rebuild the project. However, up to now, the project has not been inspected by the state management agency for completion acceptance according to regulations.
District 6 People's Committee proposed that Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee consider directing the Department of Construction and the Department of Finance to support District 6 in early acceptance and finalization of the project. After completing the acceptance and finalization approval, the district will proactively carry out the investment in building new schools in the 2025-2030 period as well as register a report proposing public investment policies in the 2024-2025 or 2025-2030 period to ensure classroom needs according to the mechanical population growth rate in the area.
The hall is located on the 3rd floor, has a large and airy area, but most of the floor tiles have been peeled off, and the ceiling iron frame is degraded and could collapse at any time.
The school had a fence, but it was broken and littered with garbage. The People's Committee of District 6 said the estimated cost to rebuild this elementary school is about 95 billion VND.
People living near the school want the school to be rebuilt or turned into a park.
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