The record-setting One Coin One Brick model

A unique project made by Vietnamese students in Singapore is up for sale with proceeds going toward a kindergarten in the central province of Quang Nam.

The act of building the model, known as One Coin One Brick, was intended to symbolize laying real bricks to build a classroom, according to students from the Vietnamese Students’ Subcommittee at the National University of Singapore (VNCNUS).

The model is made up of 5,258 coins, totaling some S$2,629 (US$1,731), and was completed over a four-day period in late March, VNCNUS member Bich Hong said at the closing ceremony on Saturday.

The project was also noted in Singapore’s national book of records.

Previously, a group of students from Nanyang Technological University had set a national record for building a model from 3,600 coins.

The charitable project received much attention and raised S$1,521 ($1,002) more than expected, Hong added.

The next phase of the plan calls for the model to be sold to a private buyer to raise more money for the kindergarten.

The students hope someone will buy the model as a souvenir or they will have to dismantle it and exchange the coins for paper money, Hong said.

The project is a contribution to an NUS overseas community service program called Vietnam Jump, which plans to send some 15 students back to Quang Nam Province to build a music room and a medical room for a local kindergarten this May.

Anyone wishing to purchase the One Coin One Brick classroom model can contact Bich Hong at: dc.bichhong@gmail.com, or phone +65 9171 2112.

Reported by Thuc Minh