VietnamExpress-May 7

Around 6.4 million Vietnamese students have returned to school without running water and other sanitation facilities, according to UNICEF Vietnam. It said Tuesday that 30 percent of schools lack such facilities and needed priority attention. Following an unprecedented, prolonged break since the Lunar New Year festival in late January due to the Covid-19 pandemic, over 22 million Vietnamese students began to return to school starting Monday. As the schools reopen however, UNICEF, working with the Ministry of Education and Training, drew attention to the challenges 30 percent of Vietnamese schools were facing, lacking running water and other safe hygiene and sanitation measures.

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