August 17, 2020 | 19:47 (GMT+7)
Scholarships granted to disadvantaged students
PANO - The Ho Chi Minh City Chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held a ceremony to review an online walk program and grant scholarships to disadvantaged students on August 16.
The online walk program, held on the MOMO e-wallet platform, drew the participation of 12,000 people in the first 12 hours after its launch. It achieved the goal of 1 billion steps in seven days.
During the program, nearly 7 billion steps were recorded, helping raise nearly VND 7.2 billion to “Empowering students to go to school” scholarship.
At the event, the Ho Chi Minh City Chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union presented 15 scholarships, each worth VND 18 million, to students with adversity in life and good academic records.
In addition, they commended and awarded 10 volunteers of its recently-launched summer volunteer campaign for their outstanding achievements in the online walk program.
Translated by Quynh Oanh