Under the blazing late-May sun of the border district of Dien Bien, the staff, teachers, and employees of Nam Po Ethnic Boarding Primary School joined hands to dig holes for planting coffee trees for disadvantaged households. On the steep hillsides, each shovel of earth carried more than simple labor - it reflected a spirit of solidarity, compassion, and the deep bond between the school and the local community.

In the border commune of Muong Nhe (Dien Bien), where many students first hold a book only upon entering Grade 1, Tran Van Tho Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minority Students is quietly cultivating a reading culture, helping books become the shortest path for highland children to access knowledge.