Vu A Dinh scholarships presented to excellent ethnic students
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund presented scholarships to 15 outstanding ethnic students nationwide, who had excellent academic performance during 2017-2018 academic year, at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16.
HCM City (VNA) – The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund presented scholarshipsto 15 outstanding ethnic students nationwide, who had excellent academicperformance during 2017-2018 academic year, at a ceremony held in Ho Chi MinhCity on June 16.
The event was jointly organised by the management board of the scholarship fundand the Ho Chi Minh City Television.
Lauding the fund’s activities, First Secretary of the Central Committee of theHo Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Le Quoc Phong underlined that Vu A Dinhscholarships have helped impoverished ethnic students realise their dreams and becomegood citizens to the society.
On the occasion, the Vu A Dinh awards were presented to nine organisations and13 individuals, recognising their contributions to the development of themountainous regions and ethnic minority groups.
At the event, domestic and foreign businesses and benefactors donated nearly 55billion VND (2.42 million USD) to the scholarship fund.
Last year, the fund handed over nearly 5,000 scholarships to ethnic studentsacross the country. The “Mo duong tuong lai” (Pave the way to the future)project, carried out by the scholarship fund, assisted 50 ethnic female studentsto attend school. Meanwhile, three schools were constructed for students inDien Bien and Yen Bai provinces under its “Thap sang tuong lai” (lighting thefuture) scheme.
The scholarship fund also presented 3,000 scholarships to children of naval officersand fishermen in localities affected by natural disasters. Eleven houses werebuilt for.
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund, named after a young liaison officer killedduring the French resistance war, was set up in 1999 by the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union to support poor ethnic students in their study.-VNA
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund on November 27 held a ceremony to present scholarships to students of ethnic groups and children of naval soldiers and fishermen in the central coastal province of Phu Yen who were severely affected by storm Damrey.
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund on November 28 present scholarships to students of ethnic groups and children of naval soldiers and fishermen in the central province of Binh Dinh.
A meeting was held in Hanoi on February 27 to review Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund’s activities in 2017 and embark on its working programme for this year.
The Vu A Dinh scholarship fund, established in 1999, aims to support ethnic minority students from poor families who achieve outstanding academic performances, said former State Vice President and Chairwoman of the fund Truong My Hoa.
“We are making efforts to give ethnic minority students bigger scholarships so they can cover living expense, study well and become good citizens,” said President of Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund.
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