170 students in Hamlet 179, Dam Rong 2 commune, Lam Dong, are starting the new school year in two permanent school buildings, ending 15 years of learning in makeshift wooden classrooms.

Seeing her son lose his hair due to chemotherapy, Nong Thi Nhung decided to shave her head, sell land, and quit her job to accompany him in his fight against cancer.

Hope Foundation and FPT Japan recently inaugurated a new kitchen for Na Loc students, replacing a dilapidated corrugated iron structure that had been in use for 13 years.

Nguyen Ngo Thuy Vi, a 4th-grade student, dreads using the restroom due to its moldy smell and getting soaked to the bone when it rains because of the dilapidated corrugated iron roof.

Through the Hope Foundation, Volvo Car Vietnam partners to build a new school site in Lam Dong and repair classrooms in Lai Chau, benefiting nearly 200 students.