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Monday, September 6, 2010

Over 200 students receive Vallet scholarships

French professor Odon Vallet presents 219 scholarships to outstanding students from south central cities and provinces in Danang city

Photo: VNA

French professor Odon Vallet presented 219 scholarships worth VND1.1 billion (US$56,686) to outstanding students and pupils from five south central cities and provinces in Danang city Tuesday.

Scholarships, each worth VND7.5 million ($386.5) were granted to 34 students from Danang University and Quy Nhon University while the remaining 185 students from Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Danang each received VND5 million ($257.7).

This is the 8th year that Vietnamese students in the central region have received such scholarships, which aim to encourage disadvantaged students excelling in study.

As a doctor of law in the France-based Sorbonne University, Odon Vallet devoted all of his family inheritance, worth 100 million euros ($127 million), to grant scholarships to poor students in France and Vietnam.

Since 2001, through Meet Vietnam organisation, Odon Vallet scholarships have been awarded to thousands of Vietnamese students. In 2010, the scholarships worth VND12 billion ($618,397) will be granted to 2,150 students nationwide.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

President hosts reception for 100 outstanding students

HA NOI — One hundred outstanding students had the chance to meet State President Nguyen Minh Triet in Ha Noi yesterday.

The President held a special reception for the students, who were all winners of the Hoa Trang Nguyen prize, which honours students with outstanding study records.

The students included winners of international Olympiads and national contests as well as those who topped entrance exams to universities and colleges across the nation.

President Triet said he was delighted with the excellent records the students had obtained and praised them for overcoming difficulties they met in life to bring fame to their families and the nation as well.

On the occasion, the President expressed his thanks to teachers and educators for making valuable contributions to training the nation's youth.

Dinh Minh Anh, who won a gold medal at the International Physics Olympiad, Nguyen Thi Linh Chi, who bagged the top prize at the national literature competition and Tang Van Binh, who topped the entrance exam to the Ha Noi Foreign Trade University, vowed, on behalf of all the students there, to become useful citizens.

The students received their prizes earlier on the same day at a ceremony co-organised by the Party Central Committee's Education and Information Commission and the Tan Tao Group. — VNS

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