500 Vallet scholarships worth VND25 billion (USD1.1 million) in total have just been granted to outstanding students from 58 high schools and six SOS Villages in the north. Minister of Education and Training, Phung Xuan Nha and Prof. Odon Vallet present Vallet scholarships to students in Hanoi on August 23 The scholarships were presented by Prof. Odon Vallet, Prof. Tran Thanh Van and his wife Prof. Le Kim Ngoc at a ceremony held on August 23 in Hanoi. The Vallet Scholarship Fund was established in 2001 by Prof. Odon Vallet from France's Sorbonne University through the Meeting Vietnam organisation founded by Prof. Tran Thanh Van and Prof. Le Kim Ngoc. Minister of Education and Training, Phung Xuan Nha, present medals to Prof. Tran Thanh Van and his wife Prof. Le Kim Ngoc at the ceremony Since its establishment, more than 32,250 Vallet scholarships worth over VND350 billion (USD 15.42 million) have been presented to students nation-wide, making it the … [Read more...] about 500 Vallet scholarships given to Vietnamese students
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Miss Vietnam Ngoc Han inspires students to read
Miss Ngoc Han has joined a number of exchanges and presented books to Quang Ngai students. Ngoc Han wears a traditional long dress (Ao dai) to speak at an exchange with hundreds of students at Nguyen Nghiem Junior Secondary School in Duc Pho district. Miss Ngoc Han says each book is a useful companion which has provided the knowledge for her to find success in life. Han says she hopes to inspire a passion for reading among students through the humane bookcase program. Ngoc Han and students from Nguyen Nghiem School hold natural science and social studies books to send the message that reading makes life brighter. Singer Kavie Tran and Ngoc Han present 40 bookcases with 2,000 books to Quang Ngai students. Kavie hopes that students will read more in an effort to broaden their knowledge and become well informed and useful members of society. Miss Vietnamese Community in Taiwan Tran Huyen Nhung takes part in the exchange. Ngoc Han also makes a visit to Dang Thuy Tram clinic … [Read more...] about Miss Vietnam Ngoc Han inspires students to read
Ngoc Han helps raise environmental awareness of Phu Quoc students
For the last 8 years Ngoc Han has taken up the cause of environmental protection. She joins the event on Phu Quoc Island with many other celebrities, including singers Thuy Tien, Ngo Kien Huy, Kyo York and famous footballer Cong Vinh. They hold a discussion with 2,600 students in Duong Dong secondary school, aiming to raise their awareness of environmental protection. The students pose for photographs with Ngoc Han and the other celebrities. She introduces her Ao dai collection, adorned with prints of paintings on the theme of environmental protection. Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han and singer Ngo Kien Huy serve as the MCs of the event. She urges students to limit the usage of nylon bags and to responsible dispose of rubbish to protect the environment. Famous footballer Cong Vinh (L) and his wife-singer Thuy Tien (C) also attend the event. Footballer Cong Vinh shows his talent on the stage. He signs footballs as souvenirs for the students. Singer Thuy Tien receives a warm welcome … [Read more...] about Ngoc Han helps raise environmental awareness of Phu Quoc students
Credit policies foster students’ dreams of education in Nghe An
Credit policies to foster students' dreams of education in Nghe An The programme’s popularity Nghe An is a land of scholars, as well as the province with the highest number of loans from the students credit programme in Vietnam. With the goal that no impoverished student will be forced to drop out due to financial restraints, Nghe An Bank for Social Policies is determined to overcome difficulties and provide loans to locals, which helps create opportunities for tens of thousands of poor students. Thanks to the access to preferential capital, a huge burden has been lifted off the shoulders of locals everywhere in the province, from those in the mountains to those in coastal areas. Implementing the policy for impoverished students’ credit, in the last 11 years, Nghe An Bank for Social Policies has worked closely with socio-political organisations charged with assessing 545,898 student loan applications with the total amount of VND4.256 billion ($188,300). Up until July 31, … [Read more...] about Credit policies foster students’ dreams of education in Nghe An
‘Culture shocks’ jolt students returning to Vietnam
A dream job After four years of studying marketing at a university in the U.K., Pham Thi Thanh Huyen was looking forward, eagerly, to getting a dream job. She’d worked hard to get an overseas degree and was ready to deploy her new knowledge and skills and reap its benefits. However, the dream job has remained just that – a dream. It took a year after returning for Huyen to eventually find a job at a bank, which pays her around VND10 million ($430) a month, just enough to cover basic living costs in the busy city of Hanoi, making the same money as peers who only studied in the country. “I find it hard to enjoy work as I’m only making enough to survive,” the 24-year-old said. Huyen’s plight, and that of many others returning with foreign degrees, does not end with lower than expected pay packages. They find that they there are other factors to finding jobs that they’d not considered before. Many returnees find that the labor … [Read more...] about ‘Culture shocks’ jolt students returning to Vietnam