Returning to Ben Tre to receive the scholarship "Giving strength to school", arriving early... 3 hours

900 million VND worth of scholarships from the "Tiep suc den truong" program will be awarded by Tuoi Tre newspaper and philanthropists to poor new students from Tien Giang and Ben Tre provinces this morning, November 10, at the large hall of the Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee.

The new students who overcome difficulties and study well are like flowers growing strongly in a life full of thorns - Photo: LAN NGOC

The total cost of 900 million VND was sponsored by the Tien Giang - Ben Tre School Relay Club and the Tien Giang and Ben Tre Business Club in Ho Chi Minh City.

Tuoi Tre Newspaper and Ben Tre Provincial Youth Union will organize a gift giving ceremony for 60 new students with difficult and poor circumstances.

Each scholarship is worth 15 million VND in cash. In addition, Vinacam Scholarship Fund – Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company sponsored 3 laptops for new students with special difficulties and lack of learning equipment.

10am scholarship award ceremony, be there at… 7am

Although the scholarship award ceremony for the "Tiep suc den truong" program officially took place from 7 to 8 a.m. at 10 a.m., many new students, along with their relatives including grandparents, parents, friends, and some who came alone, were present at the award ceremony at the large hall of the Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee.

You could not hide your joy when last night some of you could not sleep, anxiously waiting until morning to attend and receive a scholarship in the program.

New students who are still struggling consider scholarships as “dreams come true”. Scholarships help them take the first steps on the journey to change their poor fate with knowledge.

Mom is a motorbike taxi driver today, taking her "customer" to receive a scholarship.

Freshman Nguyen Quoc Thang (from Ben Tre) and his mother cherish the scholarship awarded by Tuoi Tre newspaper - Photo: LAN NGOC

Driving a motorbike taxi, selling vegetables, and helping out at a rice shop. These are the jobs that Vo Thi Oanh (40 years old, Mo Cay Bac district, Ben Tre) has been doing for many years. The income of about 100,000 VND/day temporarily supports Nguyen Quoc Thang - a new student majoring in data science at Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade to continue his studies, when his father unfortunately passed away early.

On the morning of November 10, Ms. Oanh also took a day off work to go with her child to receive the scholarship. “When I heard that my child had received the scholarship, I was so happy! The amount of 15 million VND is too much for my labor. I am grateful to the benefactors who helped. I promise to use this money to help my child continue studying in the field he is passionate about,” Ms. Oanh said respectfully.

Lucky to have Tuoi Tre newspaper support my two children to go to school twice

Early in the morning, Mr. Trinh Tan Dat took his daughter to receive the scholarship "Tiep suc den truong" - Photo: MAU TRUONG

Early in the morning, on a dilapidated motorbike, Mr. Trinh Tan Dat, 43 years old (residing in Hung Nhuong commune, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province) took his daughter Trinh Thi Huong, a new student majoring in Economic Law, Nam Can Tho University to the hall of Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee (Ben Tre city, Ben Tre province) to receive a scholarship.

This is the second time Mr. Dat has taken his son to receive the Tuoi Tre Newspaper's "Tiep suc den truong" scholarship. The first time was 3 years ago, when the family's eldest son went to university.

“At that time, my family faced many difficulties. It seemed like my child’s education was unfinished. But thanks to the Tuoi Tre newspaper scholarship, my child is now a final year student majoring in Automotive Technology at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education,” said Mr. Dat.

Three years ago, Dat's family was poor. Now, his family is near-poor. The main source of income is the small salary from his and his wife's construction and cleaning jobs.

Despite being poor, Mr. Dat and his wife reassured each other that they would do everything so that their child would not have to drop out of school. Moreover, there were also philanthropists with meaningful scholarships.

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Support to school 2024. Ben Tre 10-11. New students and parents attend the scholarship award ceremony - Performed by: HOAI THUONG - NHA CHAN - DIEM HUONG

Unable to follow the military path, the young man who passed the pharmacy entrance exam took a new path.

Having abandoned his dream of joining the military, Le Minh Nhut is now a pharmacy student – ​​Photo: MAU TRUONG

Nhut said he was born into a poor family. His parents divorced when he was in 6th grade. Nhut lives with his father and grandparents. Nhut's father currently has no stable job and an unstable income.

That is new student Le Minh Nhut, from Thanh Phu town, Thanh Phu district, Ben Tre province.

Talking about his difficult journey, Nhut said: “I always tried my best to study. In 2023, I passed the high school graduation exam and passed the entrance exam to the Army Officer School 2. But after a period of studying and working, I discovered that I had varicose veins (4.5 degrees) so I could not continue studying and doing heavy exercise for a long time. I was discharged from the army and returned to my hometown. I continued to apply for admission and was accepted into the pharmacy department of Ben Tre College to continue studying and improve my future.”

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Ben Tre is the penultimate awarding point of the 2024 School Support Scholarship Program

This is the 11th awarding point in the 2024 School Support Scholarship program for new students under the 600th For Tomorrow Development program of Tuoi Tre newspaper.

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 cost of more than 20 billion VND.

Tien Giang - Ben Tre School Support Club and Tien Giang, Ben Tre Business Club in Ho Chi Minh City are places where people far from home, friends who love their homeland Tien Giang, Ben Tre... gather to support and accompany young people in difficult circumstances in their hometown.

This is also the 17th year with the spirit of "the predecessors help the successors" creating profound humane values ​​for the program "Support to School" in Tien Giang - Ben Tre.

16 years ago, from the first 86 new students from Tien Giang - Ben Tre with difficult circumstances who were supported, up to now, the Tien Giang - Ben Tre School Support Club and the Tien Giang, Ben Tre Business Club in Ho Chi Minh City have supported 1,551 new students, with a total scholarship fund of more than 17.3 billion VND. In addition to supporting scholarships, many members of the club also support living expenses, transportation, jobs... for new students far from home.

Also in 2024, in addition to 60 new students with difficult circumstances in Tien Giang - Ben Tre province, the Tuoi Tre newspaper's School Support program for new students will also be organized in the following regions: Central, Central Highlands, Southeast; 11 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta; provinces and cities in the North, Northwest and North Central regions.

The program received contributions and support from the Farmers' Companion Fund (Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company), Vinacam Education Promotion Fund (Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company) and the Quang Tri and Phu Yen Affection Clubs; Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam - Da Nang, Tien Giang - Ben Tre School Support Clubs and Tien Giang and Ben Tre Entrepreneurs Clubs in Ho Chi Minh City, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam Company, Mr. Duong Thai Son and friends, businesses and a large number of Tuoi Tre newspaper readers...

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 Co., Ltd. sponsored 1,500 backpacks worth about 250 million VND; Vietnam-USA Association English System sponsored 50 free foreign language scholarships worth 625 million VND.

North Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank sponsors 1,500 books on financial education, guiding financial management skills for new students.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ve-ben-tre-nhan-hoc-bong-tiep-suc-den-truong-toi-som-3-tieng-20241109200247108.htm