Vallet scholarships granted to more than 500 high school students

Prof. Odon Vallet speaking at the event (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Prof. Odon Vallet, Vallet Scholarship sponsor; Prof. Tran Thanh Van, Chairman of the Science and Education Association “Meeting Vietnam in France” and his wife, Prof. Le Kim Ngoc attended the ceremony and awarded scholarships to the outstanding students.

Prof. Van said, “I hope that the scholarship winners today will continue their efforts on the path of learning and success, rising to become the leading scientists and contribute to the country’s development.”

This year’s scholarships had two types: VND 10.5 million (USD 450) and VND 18 million (USD 770) each.

This year is the 19th year that the Vallet Scholarship has been awarded in the country. For the past 19 years, more than 35,000 Vallet scholarships have been awarded to Vietnamese students.

They were excellent students in urban areas, children of poor families in remote areas in Mekong Delta and northern mountainous provinces.

In France, also from 2000, Prof. Odon Vallet, through the introduction of Prof. Van and Prof. Ngoc, gave over 100 scholarships to Vietnamese students living and studying in France.

Students received scholarships. (Photo: qdnd.vn)

Born in Vietnam’s Central Quang Binh province in 1936, Prof. Van studied in Central Thua Thien - Hue province and then traveled to France to continue his studies there. He held a doctorate in physics in 1963 with his scheme on the structure of protons and quarks. He was also one of the three Asians awarded with the Tate Order by the US Physics Association in 2012.

Source: VNA