Vice Chairman of Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee Ho Thi Nguyen Thao and Secretary of Phu Yen Provincial Youth Union Luong Minh Tung present scholarships to new students - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
60 students, 100 pupils, and 20 teachers from the mountainous region of Nhan and the Da River received gifts totaling over 1.67 billion VND from the "Phu Yen Compassion" Club.
For Phu Yen, the School Support program has a profound humanitarian meaning, opening up many opportunities for students and teachers in difficult circumstances. Let us enter life with gratitude.
Ms. HO THI NGUYEN THAO (Vice Chairperson of the People's Committee of Phu Yen Province)
Students, pupils, and parents attend the "Supporting Students to School" scholarship award ceremony in Phu Yen on November 8th – Photo by: TRAN HOAI – NHA CHAN – MAI HUYEN
Study to earn money to cure mother's illness
Ms. Ngo Thi No was choked with emotion when hearing the sharing of her daughter, new student Ho Thi Bich Thuan - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
Two new students, Le Quang Dat (University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City National University) and Ho Thi Bich Thuan (Phu Yen University) stepped onto the stage to tell their life stories. Bich Thuan and her brother were adopted by the couple.
The biggest shock for Thuan wasn't learning she wasn't her parents' biological child, but rather receiving the news that her adoptive father had a terminal illness during Tet this year and passed away less than six months ago.
"I don't care whether she's adopted or biological because, for me, a mother's love is what I feel most strongly. I want to finish university and stay in my hometown to take care of my mother," Thuan said.
The girl said she had two wishes: for her father to live again and for her mother to be healthy again, even though she knew they would never come true. She said she wanted to study hard and earn money to treat her mother so that her father, wherever he was, would smile at her efforts.
Le Quang Dat (University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City National University) - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
Meanwhile, Le Quang Dat lost both his parents in a short period of time. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing was required, so Dat could not go to Ho Chi Minh City to take care of his mother during her fight against cancer. The day Dat and his brothers were reunited was also the countdown to their mother's final days.
The two orphaned children were taken in by their uncle out of compassion. But he could only help to some extent; how could he fill the void of love left by children who had lost their parents? Only unwavering resilience helped Dat persevere each day, striving to achieve academic results that earned him much admiration.
He was surprisingly calm and strong. The day he learned that he had passed the university entrance exam, Dat lit incense on the altar as a greeting and prayed to his parents to always follow his journey. When asked what motivated him to keep going, Dat briefly said: “If I keep feeling inferior about my situation, I will not be able to move forward. I choose to try, not to let myself think too much about the losses I have experienced.”
I will study hard to take care of my future and my sister's. Although I don't have my parents with me, I will not be discouraged or back down on the road ahead.
LE QUANG DAT
Two new students Le Quang Dat and Ho Thi Bich Hau - Performed by: MINH CHIEN - NHA CHAN - CHI KIEN - DIEM HUONG - TRINH TRA
Students were moved when watching the video about the difficulties of new students - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
Send each other the message "Give"!
Journalist Truong Bao Chau, deputy editor-in-chief of Tuoi Tre newspaper, speaks at the scholarship awarding ceremony – Photo: Lam Thien
Journalist Truong Bao Chau - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper - said that the 21-year scholarship program "Tiep suc den truong" will not stop. As long as there are still poor, studious new students who cannot afford to pay tuition, the kind hearts will continue to grow, connect, and warm this life.
The gratitude, according to journalist Bao Chau, that the new students across the country in general, and Phu Yen new students in particular, send to the units, philanthropists and the large number of Tuoi Tre newspaper readers at home and abroad is difficult to express in words. The message from those who help students lies in the two words "Give"! So you do not worry about who to repay and how, but confidently receive the first help in life with faith in the kindness of people.
“No one can change their circumstances. No one wants to be orphaned or abandoned. No one wants to live in a house full of deaf and mute people. No one wants their mother and sister to be mentally ill. But we can choose how to think about these pains, be grateful for being born, for having youth, and for being able to choose this path or that path,” shared a representative of Tuoi Tre newspaper.
Ms. Ho Thi Nguyen Thao, Vice Chairman of Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
Vice Chairwoman of Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee Ho Thi Nguyen Thao commented that the "Tiep suc den truong " scholarship is a fire that gives strength and determination to the people, students and teachers of the province to overcome difficulties and gradually improve their lives.
Ms. Thao recalled that at the end of 2022, Tuoi Tre newspaper and the "Phu Yen Charity" Club coordinated with the province to launch "Support for the construction of 1,000 houses for poor households and policy families" in Phu Yen province and create a ripple effect in society.
On behalf of the provincial leaders, Ms. Thao said that the scholarships given to Phu Yen students are a source of inspiration and enthusiasm. This will help them feel proud of their studies, have the will to overcome difficulties, and steadfastly look forward to the bright future that awaits them.
We invite you to join us in School Support.
The Tuoi Tre newspaper's "Supporting Students to School 2024" program, launched on August 8th, is expected to award 1,100 scholarships with a total budget of over 20 billion VND (15 million VND for disadvantaged new students, 20 special scholarships worth 50 million VND each for the entire 4 years of study, plus learning equipment and gifts...).
With the motto "No young person can go to university due to poverty", "If new students encounter difficulties, Tuoi Tre is there" - as a commitment to support new students in the past 20 years of Tuoi Tre .
The program received contributions and support from the "Accompanying Farmers" Fund - Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company, Vinacam Education Promotion Fund - Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company and the "Quang Tri Affection" Club, Phu Yen; "Supporting Students to School" Club of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam - Da Nang, Tien Giang - Ben Tre and Tien Giang, Ben Tre Entrepreneurs Club in Ho Chi Minh City, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam Company, Mr. Duong Thai Son and friends with businesses and a large number of readers of Tuoi Tre newspaper...
In addition, Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company also sponsored 50 laptops for new students with special difficulties and lack of learning equipment worth about 600 million VND, Nestlé Vietnam Company Limited sponsored 1,500 backpacks worth about 250 million VND.
The Vietnam-USA Society English Language System sponsored 50 free foreign language scholarships worth 625 million VND. Through the State Bank, Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank sponsored 1,500 books on financial education, guiding financial management skills for new students...
Businesses and readers can support scholarships for new students by transferring to Tuoi Tre newspaper account:
113000006100 Industrial and Commercial Bank ( VietinBank ), Branch 3, Ho Chi Minh City.
Content: Support the "Helping Students Go to School" program for new university students, or specify the province/city you wish to support.
Readers and businesses abroad can transfer funds to Tuoi Tre newspaper:
USD account 007.137.0195.845 Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Trade Bank;
EUR account 007.114.0373.054 Vietcombank Ho Chi Minh City
with Swift code BFTVVNVX007.
Content: Support the "Helping Students Go to School" program for new university students, or specify the province/city you wish to support.
In addition to funding scholarships, readers can support learning equipment, accommodation, jobs, etc. for new students.
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