95 new students from six provinces in the Northwest region received the 2024 Support to School Scholarship - Photo: HONG QUANG
The award ceremony was organized by Tuoi Tre newspaper in collaboration with Dien Bien Provincial Youth Union and Vinacam Scholarship Fund (Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company) in Dien Bien Phu City ( Dien Bien Province), the place where the glorious victory was achieved 70 years ago.
Never knew 15 million was so much
Ms. Khoang Thi Chon – aunt of new student Khoang Linh Chi – said she took her niece by motorbike from Muong Lay town to Dien Bien Phu city to receive the scholarship. Chi has no father, and when she was over 1 year old, her mother died of cancer. She and her aunt raised Chi.
When Chi received her acceptance letter, the grandmother and granddaughter hugged and cried because they didn't know where to find money to send her to school. Aunt Chon used her land certificate to borrow 15 million VND, just enough to pay for her tuition and some initial expenses. When she heard that her granddaughter had received the scholarship, her grandmother couldn't sleep all night. When Chi went up on stage to receive the scholarship, Aunt Chon called, and Mrs. Dieu Thi Soi (Chi's grandmother) burst into tears.
“I never knew how much 15 million VND was! Before she passed away, her mother only left one last wish: no matter how difficult it was, Chi must go to school,” Mrs. Soi sobbed.
Freshman Luong Van Long (Son La Medical College) came to receive his scholarship with his close friend Tong Viet Phuong. Long is paralyzed due to myelitis.
Since 9th grade, Tong Viet Phuong has been going to the hospital and carrying Long up the stairs to class every day. Phuong is the one who motivated Long to overcome his high school years. From a student who only had enough points to move up a grade, Long worked hard and passed the college entrance exam.
Long went to receive the scholarship, Phuong took the bus with him, and helped him to receive the scholarship as usual, carrying him to class. “I have to thank my best friend who helped me get to school every day and who advised me not to drop out. Even though he went to another school and didn’t receive a scholarship, he still accompanied me and shared the joy with me here,” Long said.
The miserable lives of studious people
The story of two new students Lo Thi Duy and Lo Thi Thao May - Performed by: VU TUAN - NGUYEN BAO - NHA CHAN - MAI HUYEN - TON VU
The story of two new students Lo Thi Duy and Lo Thi Thao May made the hall sob. Duy is a new student at Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, he has been in school for two days but had to go home because he did not have enough money to pay the tuition. His uncle borrowed 15 million VND with interest for him to go to school but he was afraid of being a burden to his family so he "went back to work as a factory worker".
The School Support Program visited Duy’s family in Muong Po district (Dien Bien province) to encourage them and then connected with the board of directors of Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy. Luckily, the school agreed and guided Duy through the procedures for tuition exemption and reduction according to regulations. “I will study hard to not let down the efforts of my brothers, sisters, and sponsors,” Duy choked up.
Meanwhile, freshman Lo Thi Thao May (Son La College of Medicine and Pharmacy) went to school with her mother's last money. May was abandoned and adopted by her adoptive mother Ca Thi Dom (Na Nghiu commune, Song Ma district, Son La province) because she loved her so much. Dom's husband had died of cancer, her fields had been sold, and she no longer had the health to work. Loving her adopted daughter was her only consolation, so Dom secretly sold a pair of earrings she had kept for a long time so that May could go to school.
And the two students received special scholarships, each of which will receive 50 million VND for four years of study, donated by the Vinacam Scholarship Fund (Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company) to pursue their dream of going to school.
Mr. Vu A Bang - Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee - Photo: HONG QUANG
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of Dien Bien Provincial People's Committee Vu A Bang hoped that the new students would remember the sponsors' sentiments and consider them as motivation to overcome difficulties in study and life. Mr. Bang acknowledged the sentiments that Tuoi Tre newspaper has accompanied Dien Bien province for over 10 years in building infrastructure and transport facilities.
“This scholarship has helped young people go to school. I hope they will overcome the current difficulties, have the courage to overcome temptations, and become useful people for society,” said Mr. Vu A Bang.
* Mr. NGUYEN HOANG NGUYEN (deputy editor-in-chief of Tuoi Tre newspaper):
Journalist Nguyen Hoang Nguyen, deputy editor-in-chief of Tuoi Tre newspaper, speaks at the program – Photo: HONG QUANG
Tuoi Tre Newspaper gives scholarships not expecting you to pay back with scholarships but to give opportunities so that society can have more useful people, live well and reduce the number of people who are lost and useless. Hope you live a life worthy of the help of society.
* Mr. VU DUY HAI (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company):
Mr. Vu Duy Hai - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vinacam Scholarship Fund - Photo: HONG QUANG
Scholarship is a special loan but we do not expect you to pay back with money but with your knowledge to help the country. Please pay back with the knowledge you have accumulated for society. Please overcome difficulties and temptations on the path to knowledge.
Many poor students have realized their dream of pursuing an education and becoming useful people to society thanks to the Tuoi Tre Newspaper's "Tiep suc den truong" scholarship - Implemented by: NHA CHAN - DIEM HUONG - TON VU
95 new students from 6 Northwestern provinces received scholarships this time - Photo: HONG QUANG
6 new students received laptops – Photo: HONG QUANG
Lo Thi Duy and Lo Thi Thao May received special scholarships worth 50 million VND for the entire course - Photo: HONG QUANG
In 2024, Vinacam Education Promotion Fund - Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company sponsored 2.5 billion VND in cash and 50 laptops worth 600 million VND for the program "Supporting children to school" of Tuoi Tre newspaper.
In addition, Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company also mobilized its staff, partners and customers through Tuoi Tre newspaper to donate nearly 1 billion VND to people affected by storm No. 3 in the North.
Tuoi Tre newspaper's 2024 "Support to School" scholarship program is for more than 1,100 new students from disadvantaged backgrounds nationwide with a total budget of more than 20 billion VND.
Also in 2024, in addition to 95 new students with difficult circumstances from 6 Northwestern provinces, the Tuoi Tre newspaper's "Support to School" program for new students will also be organized and awarded according to the regions: Central, Central Highlands, Southeast, Mekong Delta; Northern provinces and cities and North Central.
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 “Nghia Tinh Quang Tri” and Phu Yen Clubs; “Giving Support to School” Clubs of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam – Da Nang, Tien Giang – Ben Tre and Tien Giang and Ben Tre Entrepreneurs Clubs 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, instructing financial management skills for new students...
95 scholarships awarded to new students in 6 Northwestern provinces
The total cost of the scholarship award ceremony on October 14 is more than 1.4 billion VND (not including travel, accommodation and gifts from the program) sponsored by Vinacam Scholarship Fund - Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company.
95 scholarships, each worth 15 million VND in cash, including 2 special scholarships worth 50 million VND, were awarded to new students with difficult circumstances in the provinces of Dien Bien, Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Lao Cai, and Lai Chau.
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