The Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd will build friendship schools in four poordistricts this year as part of the “Canon friendship school chain”project.

To this effect, Canon Vietnam signed a cooperation agreement in Hanoi on June 30.

The four beneficiary districts include Chiem Hoa of northern TuyenQuang province, Lac Son of northern Hoa Binh province, Tan Ky of centralNghe An province and Huong Khe of central Ha Tinh province.

Canon Vietnam will help the districts build primary schools andkindergartens, and provide bookcases, teachers’ tables and desks for theschools with a total investment of 90,000 USD.

In addition, the company will present teaching and learning equipmentto four other friendship schools built earlier by the project.

As part of the “Canon friendship school chain” project, CanonVietnam will kick off a pilot programme to provide 100 bicycles forgood students from poor families in northern Bac Giang province.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Canon Vietnam General DirectorKatsuyoshi Soma said that through these activities, the company wants tosupport students - the future owners of the country in order tocontribute to the educational cause in Vietnam .

Since it began in 2007, the “Canon friendship school chain” projecthas built 30 friendship schools in 16 northern and central provinces andprovided 100 bicycles for the schools with a total investment of over12 billion VND (570,000 USD)./.