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Pandemic-affected students receive scholarships

The Ho Chi Minh City Study Encouragement Association has recently granted scholarships to 20 students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic-affected students receive scholarships ảnh 1At the event. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City StudyEncouragement Association has recently granted scholarships to 20 studentsaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The scholarships, each worth 6 million VND (262.44 USD) per academic year, werefinanced by the Vietnam Study Encouragement Fund under the Central Committee ofthe Vietnam Study Encouragement Association. The programme will last for five consecutiveyears.

The beneficiaries are the children affected by COVID-19and those who lost either their mother or father or both parents to thepandemic.

Earlier, the committee presented 200 million VND to200 students affected by the pandemic in districts and Thu Duc city.

The municipal Study Encouragement Association,districts, education and training departments, fatherland front committees andassociations have helped the disadvantaged children with 10.76 billion VND.

During the 2021-2022 academic year, the associationgranted scholarships to 44 students, of whom 16 were maternal or paternal orphans due to the pandemic./.
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