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Scholarships given to disadvantaged oversea-Vietnamese students in Laos

Scholarships given to disadvantaged overseas Vietnamese students in Laos

A delegation from Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and Club “For Beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” and the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on March 14 organised a ceremony to give 100 scholarships worth a total of 5,000 USD to disadvantaged oversea-Vietnamese students with outstanding study performance.
Scholarships given to disadvantaged overseas Vietnamese students in Laos ảnh 1Oversea-Vietnamese students with outstanding performance in Laos receive Vu A Dinh scholarships. (Photo: VNA)
 

Vientiane (VNA) – A delegation from Vu A DinhScholarship Fund and Club “For Beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos” andthe Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on March 14 organised a ceremony to give 100scholarships worth a total of 5,000 USD to disadvantaged overseas Vietnamesestudents with outstanding study performance.

Speaking at the ceremony, the president of the scholarshipfund and former Vice State President Truong My Hoa said that the scholarships are intended to encourage students to study well. It is hoped the programme will build good citizensin the future who are helpful to their families and society and will continuepreserving and promoting the friendship relationship and great solidaritybetween Laos and Vietnam.

Hoa also expressed her hope that the Vietnamese communityin  Vientiane in particular and in Laosin general always unite and support each other, and join hands to build thehost country as well as always towards the motherland.

The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund - named after a young ethnicboy who acted as a liaison officer for the revolutionary army during the French resistance war and was killed on duty - was set up in1999 by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to help poor ethnic students intheir studies.

In 2014, the fund established its “For Beloved Hoang Sa andTruong Sa” Club to offer assistance to naval soldiers and fishermen who aresafeguarding the country’s sovereignty over its sea and islands./.

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