Vice chairwoman of National Assembly cares for ethnic students
Thursday, 14/07/2016 16:49 (GMT+7)
On July 13th, member of the Politburo and vice chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong received a delegation of ethnic students who have received Vu A Dinh Scholarships.
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship fund is a special fund for pupils and students from ethnic minority groups and islands. Founded in 1999, the fund has provided over 70,000 scholarships to students from ethnic minorities nationwide. It also honours individuals and organizations who have made outstanding contributions to the development of Vietnam’s ethnic communities.
Member of the Politburo and vice chairwoman of the National Assembly
Tong Thi Phong presents scholarships to students (Source: VNA)
The scholarship fund has carried out many projects, including a project on opening the future for 50 ethnic girls. Starting in 2009-2010 school year, the first period of the project selected 50 outstanding girls from 22 ethnic minority groups from 28 provinces and cities nationwide to present full-time scholarships (including three years at high school and four years at university).
The vice chairwoman of the National Assembly expressed her emotion, noting the outstanding efforts of ethnic girls who received the scholarship on opening the future from the fund. She said the Party and State have always provided conditions for ethnic people to study and promote themselves. She urged them to pursue higher education and contribute to socio-economic development in their home villages./.
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