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On the morning of March 19, General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the ground-breaking ceremony for a series of cross-level cross-border boarding schools, at 17 locations combined in person and online in 17 provinces and cities across the country. Download General Secretary To Lam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the groundbreaking ceremony at the main bridge point, Dong Dang primary and secondary boarding school, Dong Dang commune, Lang Son province - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac The central bridge site is located at Dong Dang primary and secondary boarding school, Dong Dang commune, Lang Son province. Also attending the event at the bridge points were former President Truong Tan Sang, leaders, former leaders of the Party, Government, Government members, leaders of ministries, leaders of provinces and cities. In Conclusion Notice No. 81-TB/TW dated July 18, 2025, the Politburo agreed on the policy of investing in building multi-level boarding schools for primary and secondary schools in 248 land border communes; In the immediate future, pilot investment to complete new construction or renovation of 100 schools in 2025; On that basis, continue to deploy on a large scale, completing the investment goal of building 248 schools in the next 2-3 years. Download Students at Dong Dang primary and secondary boarding high school, Dong Dang commune, Lang Son province give flowers to welcome General Secretary To Lam - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac Based on closely following the Politburos policy in Conclusion Notice No. 81-TB/TW, the direction of General Secretary To Lam, the Governments resolutions, and the Prime Ministers direction; Implementing the direction and guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training and relevant ministries and agencies, 18 provinces and cities with land borders have identified locations, locations, investment portfolios, plans, funding needs, and built projects for 100 schools to start construction simultaneously on November 9, 2025 (of which 99 schools are invested with the Central budget and 01 school is invested with socialized capital). In addition, there are 06 more schools in Quang Ninh province that have started construction from the provincial budget; 01 school in Dien Bien province and 01 school in Cao Bang province are invested with capital support from Hanoi City. Thus, in 2025, there will be 108 schools starting construction, guaranteed to be completed before August 30, 2026; Of which, 01 school has completed investment, inaugurated and put into use on January 31, 2026 (Si Pa Pin primary and secondary boarding school, Si Pa Pin commune, Dien Bien province). Download Students at the bridge of Dong Dang primary and secondary boarding high school, Dong Dang commune, Lang Son province giving flowers to welcome Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac In the localities, the Secretary, Chairman, Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee/City Party Committee/Peoples Committee have directly focused on directing the drastic implementation of solutions to build schools in the area and committed to completing projects on schedule. At the same time, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations have widely launched the movement The whole country for beloved border students and Campaign to build schools for border communes to mobilize the participation of the entire political system and the entire society in building multi-level boarding schools in land border communes. To date, 17 provinces and cities have proposed to start construction of 121 schools in remaining border communes. again simultaneously in March 2026, expected on March 19, 2026. Thus, the total number of schools that have been and are preparing to invest in construction is 229 schools; Of which, 108 schools have been deployed in 2025 and are expected to start construction this time with 121 schools. Compared to the initially proposed total of 248 schools, the total number has now decreased by 19 schools because some localities have favorable terrain and students do not have a need for boarding, so they do not organize the boarding school model; Some localities like Quang Ninh have spent their own money to build it. Download A large number of students attended the groundbreaking ceremony - Photo: VGP/Nhat BacDeveloping a Decree on organization, operations, mechanisms, and specific policies for inter-level schoolsReporting at the groundbreaking ceremony, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully thanked Comrade General Secretary To Lam for paying special attention, regularly leading and directing the construction of inter-level boarding schools in border communes and directly attending and directing the groundbreaking ceremony. at the central bridge point. Based on closely following the policies of the Politburo and the direction of General Secretary To Lam, the Government and Prime Minister have focused on directing ministries, branches and localities to implement drastically; promulgate the Governments Action Plan with high determination, great effort, and drastic action; Assign specific tasks to ministries, branches and localities in the spirit of 6 clarity: clear people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility, clear authority, clear results. In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training has chaired and coordinated with the ministries of Finance, Construction, Agriculture and Environment, Ethnicity and Religion, and relevant agencies to focus on directing and guiding the Ministry of Education and Training.He guides localities in mobilizing and allocating resources, building model designs suitable to regional cultural characteristics, reviewing and selecting locations, preparing necessary conditions and related mechanisms and policies. Download Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac During the implementation proces