A total of 50 disadvantaged students with good academic achievements from universities and colleges in the northern province of Hai Duong received scholarships in 2019 at ceremony in Hai Duong city on December 6.
An interactive learning space called American Hangout was inaugurated at An Giang University on November 18 with the sponsorship of the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Thai-based SCG group on November 8 presented its Sharing the Dream scholarships to 50 high school students in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, its second destination for the activity this year after Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and its “For beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” club on October 15 granted 110 scholarships to disadvantaged students in the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh.
For many years, local people in the Quang Binh coastal province have been in worries as the flooding season comes as they would be isolated. The new cement bridge will change the situation.
In addition to the increase in quantity, credit quality has also improved, with loans given to right people and overdue debt reaching only 0.4 percent, with almost no bad debt.
Social policy credit has reached all the communal-level localities nationwide, greatly helping with efforts towards sustainable poverty reduction, heard a teleconference in Hanoi on September 23.
The policy credit fund has for many years become the main direct support tool for the Central Highland province of Dak Lak to implement the national target programmes.
Disadvantaged students across the country have received support in various forms to help them pursue study as the new school year officially began on September 5.
As many as 179 scholarships totally worth more than 2 billion VND (about 86,140 USD) have been presented to disadvantaged students in the Central Highlands and the south-central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa.
The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP)’s soft loans for poor people has been seen as a standout in Vietnam’s effort to achieve sustainable poverty reduction.
VinAviation School of the private conglomerate Vingroup on August 16 announced it is looking to enroll 400 learners aged 18-35 for its first pilot class to meet growing demand for pilots both in the nation and in the world.
Credit for social policy beneficiaries has contributed significantly to narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, reducing unemployment rate, and developing local economy.
The central city of Da Nang has applied various measures to encourage locals to take part in the movement of building new-style rural areas and civilized urban areas and reaped fruitful outcomes.
A cultural exchange programme was held in the south-eastern province of Binh Phuoc on June 23 to strengthen solidarity and friendship between Vietnamese, Cambodian and Lao students.
Head coach of the national men’s football team Park Hang-seo met with more than 1,000 students in Viet Tri city of the northern province of Phu Tho on May 9.
A cycling tournament celebrating the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 – 2019) wrapped up in Dien Bien Phu city of the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien on May 6.
Thirty two scholarships were presented to impoverished students who have excellent academic performances at the Hue University in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on April 16.
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