PM meets representatives from Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasised the importance of supporting children in remote and ethnic minority-inhabited areas while meeting with representatives from the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and fund donors in Hanoi on March 15.
PM meets representatives from Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) meets with representatives from the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and fund donors in Hanoi on March 15 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc emphasised the importance of supporting children in remote and ethnic minority-inhabited areas while meeting with representatives from the Vu A DinhScholarship Fund and fund donors in Hanoi on March 15.

The meeting was held on the occasion of the 90thfounding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the 22ndanniversary of the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund, and seven years since the “ForBeloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” Club was established.

The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund, named after aliaison boy from the Mong ethnic minority group who was killed in 1949 duringthe resistance war against France, was set up in 1999 by the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union to support poor ethnic minority students.

Nearly 400 billion VND (17.3 million USD) hasbeen donated to the fund to date, with nearly 90,000 annual scholarships presentedto students from Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups as well as Vietnamese students inCambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Cuba.

The fund has benefited 1,200 students viadifferent projects. Nearly 200 have graduated from universities and collegesand six have won scholarships to study abroad. The fund has also raised resourcesto build 18 schools, six roads, 39 bridges, and 166 houses for disadvantagedpeople.

In 2014, it established the “For Beloved HoangSa and Truong Sa” Club, with a view to supporting sailors and fishermen workingon the country’s seas and islands.

Stressing that the younger generation and safeguardingsovereignty are both issues of critical importance, the PM spoke highly ofcreative and practical actions taken by the fund’s executive board and members,as well as the considerable material contributions from benefactors.

He noted that human resources are a decisivefactor in every country’s development. Paying attention to the youngergeneration, especially those in remote and ethnic minority-inhabited areas, is thereforea major necessity to ensure that no one is left behind.

He expressed his hope that the fund will operatemore effectively in the time ahead and mobilise more resources from society tocarry out projects to assist vulnerable groups.

It is also necessary to educate young people on patriotismand national pride and inspire their aspirations for self-development andcontribution to national development, the Government leader added./.
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