VietNamNet Bridge - A ceiling unexpectedly collapsed at a high school in Hanoi. A preschool child suffered a skull fracture in Dak Lak, and a male student died after a concrete block fell on him. These are just a few of the accidents that have occurred in schools recently. 


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The student whose clavicle was broken



On March 20, 12th graders at Tran Nhan Tong High School were hit on the head by a block of mortar from the ceiling of a classroom. Three students were hospitalized.

This was the second accident at the school. The school was allocated a budget of VND30 billion to rebuild, but the relocation of classes and the reorganization of teaching hours in leased venues have been going slowly.

In late October 2017, an iron gate fell on a first grader who was walking from the classroom to the school’s entrance to meet his mother after school hours.

Lawyer suggested that new regulations need to be created on assessing the quality of public works, including schools, hospitals and terminals.

The student was brought to Tam Dao District General Hospital, where physicians said his clavicle had been broken. 

A more serious accident occurred at Kong Ana Preschool in Krong Ana district in Dak Lak province in February 2017. As the floor and toilet sink suddenly collapsed, An fell into a deep hole, breaking his skull and pelvis. 

On October 17, 2018, at Thanh Quoi A Primary School in Long Ho district in VInh Long province, when 90 students were sitting in a classroom, the ceiling, together with lamps and electric wires, fell on them.

Nguyen Thanh Long, 29, an environment technology majoring student of Hutech, a university in HCMC, died after a block of concrete fell on him.

Social organizations have voiced concern about the increase in the number of accidents recently, pointing out that, in most cases, accidents occurred because of poor facilities, and schools and relevant parties had failed to upgrade their facilities.

In April 2017, students at V501 lecture hall at Trade University in Cau Giay district, Hanoi panicked when a ceiling fan fell, injuring two students. The students said all of the fans in lecture halls were too old.

Le Thi Huong, headmaster at Krong Ana Preschool, also admitted that the facilities at the preschool were transferred by the Krong Ana Primary School which had not been upgraded in the last 10 years.

Lawyer Vu Tien Vinh, director of Bao An Law Firm, suggested that new regulations need to be created on assessing the quality of public works, including schools, hospitals and terminals.


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