Scholarships presented to poor students ahead of new school year
Rencontres du Vietnam on August 31 presented 273 scholarships worth 2.4 billion VND to poor students with outstanding academic performance in central provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Ha Tinh.
The Vallet scholarship presentation ceremony for northern students in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)– The organisation Rencontres du Vietnam (Meeting Vietnam) on August 31presented 273 scholarships worth 2.4 billion VND (105,576 USD) to poor studentswith outstanding academic performance in central provinces of Quang Binh, QuangTri and Ha Tinh.
Of the students, 193are from Quang Binh, 40 from Ha Tinh and 40 from Quang Tri. The scholarships’value is from 8 million VND (352 USD) to 13 million VND (572 USD) each.
Since itsestablishment in 2001, the Vallet Scholarship Fund has offered 32,250scholarships worth over 175 billion VND (7.69 million USD) to Vietnamesestudents, supporting poor students nationwide to overcome their difficulties instudy.
The fund wasestablished by French Professor Odon Vallet from France’s Sorbonne University throughRencontres du Vietnam founded by the Vietnamese-French Professor Tran Thanh Van
On the threshold ofthe new academic year, on August 30 and 31, border posts of Vinh Hai, Vinh Chauand Lai Hoa under the Border Guard Command of the Mekong Delta province of SocTrang presented 60 scholarships worth 1 million VND (44 USD) each to poor Khmerstudents in the locality.
Nguyen Triu Men, Vice PoliticalCommissar of Soc Trang Border Guard Force, said that the unit has asked borderguards to coordinate closely with local governments in localities across the provinceas well as teachers to support poor students.-VNA
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The Vallet scholarship presentation ceremony for northern students in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
