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Vietnam elementary schools teach students housework to improve life skills

Saturday, March 07, 2015, 14:56 GMT+7

Elementary schools in Ho Chi Minh City have used housework tasks to teach their urban students to improve their life skills.

Most students living in the city have always been taken good care of by their parents so many of them do not know how to do the housework, or even how to look after themselves.

Nguyen Duc Canh Elementary School in District 5 has organized events featuring housework practice like house cleaning for its students who have no idea how to do the housework.

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