The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) on September 19 teamed up with AIA Life Insurance Company in Vietnam to present 70 bicycles, gifts, and five life insurance contracts each worth 20 million VND to 75 poor students in the central province of Khanh Hoa.
Disadvantaged students in 10 northern mountainous localities received “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” scholarships from Nhan dan (People’s) Newspaper on September 19.
A total 179 Vallet scholarships worth nearly 2 billion VND (about 85,920 USD) have been presented to disadvantaged students in the Central Highlands and the south central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited revolution contributors and students in the central province of Quang Nam on August 24 ahead of the National Day (September 2) and the new school year.
As many as 800 amateur athletes, who are members of the Da Nang Young Businesspeople Association and staff of the Southeast Asia Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SeABank) participated in the “Run for the Future” held in the central city on August 19.
As many as 1,300 disadvantaged students with outstanding academic results during the 2017-2018 school year in the Mekong Delta received scholarships from the Nhan dan (People’s) Newspaper’s “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” on August 18.
The southern province of Long An on August 15 held a ceremony to grant 400 scholarships and 800 helmets and backpacks to local poor, gifted students.
Disadvantaged students with outstanding academic results in the 2017-2018 academic year in the Mekong Delta will receive scholarships from the “Vietnamese Seeds Fund” by the Nhan dan (People’s) newspaper for the first time this year.
The 11th Sport Festival for Vietnamese Students in Korea (SFVSAK11-2018) took place in Hannam University of the Republic of Korea on August 11-12.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hau Giang province on August 4 presented houses for poor families and scholarships for students with disadvantaged background to help them overcome difficulties.
The Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients (SAPP) and benefactors on July 25 presented 1,382 scholarships worth over 1.5 billion VND (65,000 USD) to disadvantaged and disabled students with excellent academic performance in the country.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong should work towards sustainable economic development, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh said at a working session with local leaders on July 16.
As of June 30, Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) posted its outstanding balance for the first half of the year at the total of more than 181.76 trillion VND (7.9 billion USD), up 5.8 percent compared to the same period last year.
A get-together to mark the 242nd Independence Day of the United States was held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 5 by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-US Friendship Association of Ho Chi Minh City.
Provinces nationwide are offering assistance to students during the three-day national high school examination which kicked off on June 25.
President Tran Dai Quang has extolled 70 underprivileged students for their efforts to overcome a range of difficulties to achieve high academic results for many years.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and its Hanoi chapter on April 28 launched the Humanitarian Month 2018, which was designed to last throughout May.
Nearly 20,000 disadvantaged students in the central province of Thanh Hoa will receive rice support in the second semester of the 2017-2018 academic year as decided by the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee.
