Central Highlands get gifts, scholarships
Vietnam News Agency and Vinacafe Bien Hoa Joint Stock Company on March 9
presented gifts and scholarships worth 230 million VND (11,500 USD) to
needy people at Map Village in Eapok Town in the Central Highland
province of Dak Lak's Cý M'gar District.
Vietnam News Agency and Vinacafe Bien Hoa Joint Stock Company on March 9
presented gifts and scholarships worth 230 million VND (11,500 USD) to
needy people at Map Village in Eapok Town in the Central Highland
province of Dak Lak's Cý M'gar District.
Ten scholarships, each valued at 5 million VND (250 USD), were awarded to ethnic disadvantaged schoolchildren who are attending school or had to drop out halfway due to their families' financial difficulties.
Thirty poor ethnic households each received 5 million VND as support to buy fertiliser and pesticide while 300 households were presented with gifts each worth 100,000 VND.
The village is home to 393 households, 79 of which are listed as poor with six being Kinh ethnic group and the remainder being Ede ethnic group./.
Ten scholarships, each valued at 5 million VND (250 USD), were awarded to ethnic disadvantaged schoolchildren who are attending school or had to drop out halfway due to their families' financial difficulties.
Thirty poor ethnic households each received 5 million VND as support to buy fertiliser and pesticide while 300 households were presented with gifts each worth 100,000 VND.
The village is home to 393 households, 79 of which are listed as poor with six being Kinh ethnic group and the remainder being Ede ethnic group./.
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