Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – The organisation“Meet Vietnam” held a ceremony in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue onAugust 30 to present Vallet scholarships worth 2.75 billion VND (119,000 USD)to 213 local outstanding students.
Speaking at the event, Prof. Odon Vallet expressedhis wish that scholars would do their best in study, thus making contributionsto the nation.
He said Vallet scholarships will continue accompanyingVietnamese students in the near future.
Each scholarship for university students and pupilsis worth 18 million VND and 10.5 million VND, respectively.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s CommitteeNguyen Dung expressed his thanks to Prof. Odon Vallet and Prof. Tran Thanh Van– Chairman of the organisation “Meet Vietnam”.
The ValletScholarship has been awarded in Vietnam since 2001. More than 36,000 Valletscholarships have so far been presented to Vietnamese students with a totalvalue of more than 300 billion VND (13 million USD).-VNA