Learning aids, scholarships granted to needy students

At the launching ceremony. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Poor students and children of frontliners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic are receiving learning aids under a programme launched on October 5.

The programme was jointly launched by the Central Council of the Ho Chi Minh Vanguard Children's Union, the Vietnamese Students’ Association and Thien Long Group JSC.

Scheduled to last from October 5 to December 31, the programme will be carried out in cities and provinces that have imposed social distancing measures and been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

It will also target children of workers in processing and industrial zones, informal workers, those who became jobless due to COVID-19, and ethnic minorities.

More than 8,000 sets of learning aids will be presented to elementary and secondary students, and hundreds of scholarships, each worth from 500,000 to 1 million VND (43.86 USD), will be granted to poor students./.

VNA