Universities across Da Nang have recently welcomed students back after the months-long closure due to COVID-19. In order to help students overcome current difficulties triggered by the pandemic, educational establishments citywide have taken the initiative to provide practical support for them.

A member of the support team of the Dong A University (left) giving a helping hand to a student to find suitable accommodation. Photo: NGOC HA

Over the past month, a student accommodation support team of the Dong A University has been actively involved in helping needy students seek accommodations.

Le Dinh Luong, Deputy Secretary of the university’s Youth Union organisation, said, the team is divided into 3 groups. Accordingly, a group is in charge of consulting suitable accommodations, one is responsible for supporting parents and students to directly see rental rooms and transport their luggage, and the other helps students to get used to new accommodations, especially freshmen on the first day of school.

“The team constantly searches and updates the data of hostels near the university, with a priority given to a radius of less than 5km to make it convenient for students to travel. Currently, the total number of accommodations for students is more than 4,500 ", said Luong.

In addition to helping students seek suitable accommodations, universities have been actively involved in picking up students safely.

Most recently, the Viet Nam-Korea Information Technology (IT) and Communications University (VKU) arranged free coaches to transport freshmen and their parents to the school with a frequency of 2-4 trips per day. These coaches departed from the Da Nang Coach Station, the city’s railway station and the Duc Long bus station.

Tran Dinh Hieu from Dak Lak, a student of class 21IT2 at VKU, could not hide his emotions for warm welcome by VKU’s teachers and Youth Union members as soon as he got off the coach.

Not long back in school, many students have contracted COVID-19. Tran Trong Nghia, a student from the University of Economics, the University of Da Nang, remarked that he felt very panic as getting infected with COVID-19 whilst living far from home. However, thanks to special care and active support from university lecturers and friends, he quickly stabilised his spirit.

During the isolation period, he received food, drinks and necessary items from his friends. Meanwhile, his lecturers constantly gave spirit encouragement and sent lectures every day so that I can keep up with the curriculum.

Up to now, universities have timely provided active support for their students infected with COVID-19.

Specifically, the University of Science and Technology, University of Da Nang has given Vitamin C and physiological saline for students infected with COVID-19. In addition, the university’s Youth Union organization presented gifts of necessities to them.

Similarly, the Dong A University has donated anti-viral drug Molnupiravir for all students, lecturers and staff who became infected with COVID-19.

The Duy Tan University has announced a hotline to provide help for its students who get infected with COVID-19.

Reporting by NGOC HA - Translating by M.DUNG