Scholarships granted to disadvantaged students in Binh Dinh
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and its “For beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” club on October 15 granted 110 scholarships to disadvantaged students in the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh.
Binh Dinh (VNA) – The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fundand its “For beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” club on October 15 granted 110scholarships to disadvantaged students in the south-central coastal province ofBinh Dinh.
The scholarships, each worth 1 million VND (43 USD), werepresented to 50 ethnic minority students as well as 60 children of navalsoldiers and poor fishing families.
Speaking at the event, Vice Director of the Binh DinhDepartment of Education and Training Le Thi Dien praised the scholarships’meaning to the country’s work to promote learning and build an educationsociety.
Former Vice President Truong My Hoa, who is also Chairwomanof the fund and head of the club, said the scholarships honour the students’efforts in overcoming difficulties and achieving outstanding academicperformances.
So far this year, the fund and the club have granted 8,000scholarships.
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund – named after a young ethnicliaison boy who was killed during the French resistance war – was set up in1999 by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to support poor ethnic studentsin their study.
In 2014, the fund established its “For beloved HoangSa-Truong Sa” club with the aim of offering assistance to naval soldiers andfishermen who are safeguarding the country’s sovereignty over the sea andislands./.
A ceremony to present scholarships to 110 ethnic minority students and children of poor fishing families took place in the south central province of Binh Dinh on March 28.
The Vu A Dinh Award, which is dedicated to honouring contributors to ethnic minority communities, had its 10th anniversary marked with a ceremony in Hanoi on May 22.
A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 15 to mark the 20th anniversary of a fund that provides scholarships to school children of ethnic minority groups, with the participation of Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh.
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At the event (Photo: VNA) 
