Thestudents are from three central provinces of Phu Yen, Binh Dinh andKhanh Hoa and two Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Dak Lak.
The scholarships have been awarded every three monthsover the past four years under a programme initiated in 1996 by LydiaKo, head of Ligh Mission, a non-governmental organisation of Koreans inthe US, and Tran Van Ty, director of Dai Nhat manufacturing, trade andtourism company, who himself is a person of mixed race./.