Japanese bank provides scholarships to Vietnam

The Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporations Global Foundation (SMBC) will provide 13,500 USD in scholarships for Vietnamese students, according to the Vietnam International Institute for Education (IIE).

This will be the fifth time that the SMBC Global Foundation has awarded scholarships to Vietnamese students.

The funding will be presented to nine students with outstanding academic records, a capacity for leadership and who actively participate in communal activities, from five universities around the country.

The lucky students will be selected from Hanoi National University , Ho Chi Minh City National University , Hanoi University , Ho Chi Minh City Economics University and Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Trade University .

First established in April 1994, with finance from SMBC Capital Markets Inc, the Foundation has provided scholarships to students from 25 universities in Asia, including China , Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand , the Philippines and Vietnam./.

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