Scholarships awarded for 370 poor students

As many as 370 outstanding high school and university students who are from poor families were presented with KF-Samsung Scholarships on December 5.

The scholarships were funded by Samsung Vina Electronics Co., Ltd via the Korean Foundation for International Exchange.

Among the recipients, 220 undergraduates received scholarships worth 200 USD each while each scholarship for high school students was worth 100 USD.

Electronics manufacturer Samsung has endowed 1 million USD to an education exchange programme, including the KF-Samsung scholarship fund administered by the Korean Foundation for International Exchange since 1995. The fund has awarded 2,341 scholarships for Vietnamese students so far.-VNA