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Leading Hong Kong university to provide 15 scholarships to Vietnamese students annually

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), one of the top 10 universities in Asia, has announced that it will offer 15 full scholarships to outstanding Vietnamese high school students each year.
Leading Hong Kong university to provide 15 scholarships to Vietnamese students annually ảnh 1Pham Binh Dam, Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) (R) meets Prof. Suk-Ying Wong, Associate Vice-President and Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at CUHK (Photo: VNA)
Hong Kong(VNA) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), oneof the top 10 universities in Asia, has announced that it will offer 15 fullscholarships to outstanding Vietnamese high school students each year.

The CUHK ranks 39th in the world according to theQS World University Ranking, and cooperates with more than 330 researchinstitutes and centres. It is hosting more than 4,000 international studentsfrom 50 different countries.

At a working session with Pham Binh Dam, Vietnamese ConsulGeneral in Hong Kong (China) on August 6, Prof. Suk-Ying Wong, Associate Vice-President and Directorof Admissions and Financial Aid at CUHK, said that Vietnam is one of theprioritised countries in the university’s student admission policy,expressing her hope that the Vietnamese Consulate General will help connect theuniversity and Vietnamese students.

For his part, Dam held that HongKong is among top choices of Vietnamese high school students. He suggested the CUHK set up direct partnership with about six high schools in northern andcentral regions of Vietnam initially.

He pledged that the Vietnamese Consul General will helpconnect the university and a professional agency of the Ministry of Educationand Training to support the university during the admission process.

Besides, the Consulate General will seek sponsorships for differentsources to help CUHK form more scholarship funds, thus giving more flexiblesupport to students in tuition fees, enabling more Vietnamese students to affordstudying in the university, he said.

Both sides also agreed to foster research cooperation by connecting collabbetween the university and Vietnamese facilities in hospitality, tourism andpublic health sectors./.
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