Mr. Eiji Yasuda, Que Vo Factory Manager of Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd, directly handed over 140 new bikes to underprivileged pupils who have excellent academic results, are living in poor families, far from the school or without means of transportation. The new bikes (worth VND170 million) will help them to go to school safely and more conveniently.
Specifically, 100 new bicycles will be transferred to four new schools under the 2017 project including Hiep Hoa No.2 high school (Hiep Hoa district), Cam Ly high school (Luc Nam district), Viet Tien secondary school (Viet Yen district), Xuong Lam secondary school (Lang Giang district), while the other 40 bicycles will come to Tu Mai secondary school (Yen Dung district), Dong Tan secondary school (Hiep Hoa district), Tien Son secondary school (Viet Yen district) and Lang Giang No.3 high school (Lang Giang district) who are beneficiaries of the 2016 project.
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On this occasion, the Japanese company also presented a Canon printer to Cam Ly high school, hoping to improve the training quality for teachers and pupils.
“Pupils are the future of each nation. Education development plays an important role. Canon Vietnam understands this issue, and wishes to bring the best things for pupils in particular and Vietnamese society in general. I do hope these new bikes will be used effectively, safely and durably,” said Mr Eiji Yasuda.
Also in September 2017, Canon Vietnam is scheduled to present 140 bikes to 11 schools in Tien Du, Gia Binh and Luong Tai districts of the Northern Bac Ninh province.
So far, the program has already presented 1,295 bicycles to pupils in 50 schools of 13 districts in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces, with the hope of assisting more pupils on the way to school, overcoming difficulties in daily life, for the common development of themselves, their families and the society./.