June 15, 2020 | 16:42 (GMT+7)
Scholarships presented to students in need
PANO - The Ho Chi Minh City Student Support Center held a ceremony to present 126 scholarships, worth VND 480 million in total, to help needy students with good academic records overcome post-pandemic challenges.
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At the scholarship presentation ceremony |
At the event, Japan’s Niigata International Volunteer Centre (NVC) handed over scholarships, worth VND 4.3 million each, to 54 needy Vietnamese students with good records in the 2019-2020 academic year.
The Ho Chi Minh City Student Support Center worked with benefactors to offer 51 other scholarships, worth VND 4.5 million each, to students in the city. The center also took this occasion to give 20 scholarships, worth VND 2 million each, to ethnic minority students and another one, worth VND 4.5 million, to a needy student.
At present, the Ho Chi Minh City Student Support Center is carrying out a project to hand over 30 scholarships, worth VND 2 million, to needy students who are going to sit for the 2020 national high school graduation exam.
Earlier, the center had cooperated with the Tuoi tre Newspaper to present 211 scholarships to support disadvantaged students affected by COVID-19 and worked with the PowerOn Foundation to give scholarships to 100 students from different schools and universities in the city.
Translated by Song Anh