Showing posts with label scholarships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scholarships. Show all posts

Thursday, January 13, 2011

STF brings happiness to flood-hit students

A representative of STF in the Central hands scholarships to school children in Tuy Phuoc District in Binh Dinh Province - Photo: Thanh Hai
The Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group has donated 200 scholarships worth VND80 million to ethnic students in Tra Nam Commune, Nam Tra My District in Quang Nam Province.

The scholarships worth VND400,000 each will help students, who were affected by the flood in central provinces.

Nam Tra My is one of the poorest mountain districts in Vietnam with poor infrastructure and harsh weather. Both students and teachers in the locality have very difficult lives and often face floods and rock slides.

Nguyen Van Nam, principle of Tra Nam boarding elementary school, who has lived 20 years in the locality, said, “100 percent of the students here are ethnic minority people. Despite difficult lives, they try their best to go to school. The elementary students have to do their own cooking and clothes washing.”

Previously, STF also donated 200 scholarships worth VND100 million to students in Tuy Phuoc District in Binh Dinh Province - also a poor area accustomed to bad flooding. “The scholarships worth VND500,000 each are the biggest gift that the students have ever had. We would like to give our sincere thanks to enterprises and individuals who have shown care for our students here,” said Dang Thi Anh Tuyet, principle of Phuoc Thang 1 School in the locality.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Bosch, STF grant scholarships to students

Vo Quang Hue (L) managing director of Robert Bosch Vietnam Co., Ltd., hands scholarships to students at the HCMC University of Technology - Photo: Tuong Vi
The Saigon Times Foundation ( STF) in association with Robert Bosch Vietnam Co., Ltd. granted 10 scholarships on Thursday to poor studious students at the HCMC University of Technology. These students will receive VND17.5 million during three and a half academic years.

In the last six years, STF has awarded short-term scholarships worth a total of VND4 billion for students in cities and provinces of the Mekong Delta, HCMC, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Danang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Tri, Thua Thien- Hue, Kontum, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh and Ninh Thuan.

STF has also cooperated with local enterprises and individuals to donate long-term scholarships to 226 students in HCMC, Binh Duong, An Giang, Can Tho, Lam Dong, Danang, and Quang Ngai worth over VND2 billion in total.

At the award ceremony, students met with leaders from local technical companies to learn about recruitment policies for interns.

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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

STF donates scholarships to flood-hit children

Poor students at La Chu Elementary School receive scholarships from Le Ngoc Hong Ha, managing director of STF on Monday - Photo: Kinh Luan
The Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group has granted 208 scholarships worth VND500,000 each to students in four flood-hit communes of Ninh Phuoc District in Ninh Thuan Province.

The area including Phuoc Huu, Phuoc Thuan, Phuoc Dan and Phuoc Hai communes was the first to be visited by the program called “Donating scholarships to flood-hit children to go to school”, to prevent poor children from dropping out of school.

Thanks to kind-hearted businesses and donors, STF raised VND284 million in one month. After visiting the worst hit areas, STF provided the  money for scholarships to students in Ninh Thuan, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh provinces. A team from STF will visit Binh Dinh on Dec. 31 and Quang Nam on January 10 to hand out 180 scholarships in each locality.

STF was established in 2002 by the Saigon Times Group and business people to support education and training, and contribute to human resource development to aid national development.

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Thursday, October 14, 2010

CIE grants US$35,000 in scholarships

Center for International Education (CIE) of Vietnam National University HCMC last week handed over 20 scholarships worth US$35,000 for its students at a ceremony to start the new school year at the Kim Do Hotel in HCMC’s District 1.

Five students in the MA program received scholarships worth US$1,000 each while fifteen students in the BA program received US$2,000 each. The scholarships aimed to honor outstanding freshmen, excellent academic results and contributions to the university’s social activities.

Nguyen Thi Kim Xuan, one of the freshmen who received CIE scholarships, said, “I would like to give my sincere thanks to my mother who has sacrificed all of her life to make what I am on Wednesday. And I’m proud to be a student of CIE with seasoned teachers and good friends. On behalf of all the freshmen, I promise to study hard to pay tribute to parents and teachers.”

CIE, which was established in 2001, is one of the nation’s leading educational organizations with its main function to operate international training programs jointly developed by Vietnam National University HCMC and prestigious foreign universities. The center has educated over 1,200 students and transferred more than 760 students to study at universities in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. 253 of them were granted scholarships worth US$3.1 million by universities in the U.S.

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CIE grants US$35,000 in scholarships

Center for International Education (CIE) of Vietnam National University HCMC last week handed over 20 scholarships worth US$35,000 for its students at a ceremony to start the new school year at the Kim Do Hotel in HCMC’s District 1.

Five students in the MA program received scholarships worth US$1,000 each while fifteen students in the BA program received US$2,000 each. The scholarships aimed to honor outstanding freshmen, excellent academic results and contributions to the university’s social activities.

Nguyen Thi Kim Xuan, one of the freshmen who received CIE scholarships, said, “I would like to give my sincere thanks to my mother who has sacrificed all of her life to make what I am on Wednesday. And I’m proud to be a student of CIE with seasoned teachers and good friends. On behalf of all the freshmen, I promise to study hard to pay tribute to parents and teachers.”

CIE, which was established in 2001, is one of the nation’s leading educational organizations with its main function to operate international training programs jointly developed by Vietnam National University HCMC and prestigious foreign universities. The center has educated over 1,200 students and transferred more than 760 students to study at universities in the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. 253 of them were granted scholarships worth US$3.1 million by universities in the U.S.

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

International University announces Master scholarships

Panasonic names Master scholarship winners

Carnegie Mellon international university in Australia on Tuesday announced new partial and full scholarships for Vietnamese students to study Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) and Science in Public Policy and Management programs (MSPPM).

The scholarships range in value from A$20,000 to A$65,000 for the MSIT program which is ranked No. 1 and the MSPPM program recognized as No. 4 by the benchmark US News and World Report.

Qualified candidates should complete an online application form at www.cmu.edu.au by mid-October 2010 to qualify for January 2011 intake and scholarships, which the university’s executive director Terry Buss described as an invaluable opportunity for Vietnamese students.

“This is an unprecedented opportunity for talented Vietnamese students to gain a number 1 ranked U.S. IT degree in the Asia-Pacific region,” Buss said. He added that partial or full scholarships would be granted to Vietnamese candidates depending their qualifications.

The South Australian government supports Carnegie Mellon University in Australia through a comprehensive scholarship program available to domestic and international applicants.

According to the university, the South Australia government has offered up to AU$3.8 million over the next four years to be paid in the form of scholarships and support.

Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1900 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with its School of Computer Science ranked first in the United States according to US News and World Report. This American, internationally renowned research university also has campuses in Qatar in the Middle East. The campus in Adelaide in Australia was set up in 2006. 

Carnegie Mellon University in Australia is a global university campus, with faculty and staff representing more than 25 countries throughout the Asia-Pacific, the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

* Panasonic Vietnam has awarded the 2011 Panasonic scholarships to three outstanding Vietnamese students to attend Master courses at universities in Japan from March, after four months of learning Japanese in Vietnam.  

Ninh Van Cuong, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang and Nguyen Thi Minh Viet defeated other candidates from 15 universities nationwide in five selecting rounds to win the Panasonic Master Scholarship for the courses in the 2011-2014 period.

“The three winners have successfully surpassed the other 37 candidates with the theses highly appreciated for great feasibility and possible contribution to the social economic development of Vietnam in the future,” Shinya Abe, general director of Panasonic Vietnam Co., Ltd, said. 

The scholarship program, which also covers living allowance and tuition fees for a three-year Master course in Japan, provides students from Asian countries with opportunities to study in Japan so that they can contribute to the development of their home countries, as well as to enhance the cooperation between Japan and other Asian countries.

Launched in Vietnam in 2003, the Panasonic Scholarship Program has awarded 19 outstanding Vietnamese students. Eight of them have completed their courses and four of these graduates are following a Doctorate degree.

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Toyota awards music scholarships

Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF) on Monday awarded scholarships to 23 students at HCMC Musical College.

At a previous awards ceremony for northern institutions at National Institute of Vietnam on September 20, 59 scholarships were granted, and 18 scholarships were awarded at Hue Musical College on September 27.

This year TVF in collaboration with Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV), Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has awarded 100 Toyota Scholarship for Vietnamese Young Music Talents at five music conservatoriums, which operate directly under Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

The musical schools that are part of the VND300 million TVF scholarship program that is in its second year are National Music Institute of Vietnam, Tay Bac Musical Colleague, Viet Bac Musical Colleague, HCM Musical Colleague and Hue Musical Colleague.

The scholarships are awarded in recognition of students’ musical achievements including prizes, good students experiencing financial difficulties, ethnic students and talented players of traditional music.

Dang Phan Thu Huong, vice president of TMV said, “We hope the scholarships will encourage students, especially disadvantaged ones, helping them excel and become music talents in the future.”

Huong said TMV hoped to contribute to Vietnamese culture in the long term through the program.

TMV has contributed over US$13.6 million to social and cultural activities in the last 14 years. US$5.7 million of that was for education.

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Toyota awards music scholarships

Toyota Vietnam Foundation (TVF) on Monday awarded scholarships to 23 students at HCMC Musical College.

At a previous awards ceremony for northern institutions at National Institute of Vietnam on September 20, 59 scholarships were granted, and 18 scholarships were awarded at Hue Musical College on September 27.

This year TVF in collaboration with Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV), Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has awarded 100 Toyota Scholarship for Vietnamese Young Music Talents at five music conservatoriums, which operate directly under Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.

The musical schools that are part of the VND300 million TVF scholarship program that is in its second year are National Music Institute of Vietnam, Tay Bac Musical Colleague, Viet Bac Musical Colleague, HCM Musical Colleague and Hue Musical Colleague.

The scholarships are awarded in recognition of students’ musical achievements including prizes, good students experiencing financial difficulties, ethnic students and talented players of traditional music.

Dang Phan Thu Huong, vice president of TMV said, “We hope the scholarships will encourage students, especially disadvantaged ones, helping them excel and become music talents in the future.”

Huong said TMV hoped to contribute to Vietnamese culture in the long term through the program.

TMV has contributed over US$13.6 million to social and cultural activities in the last 14 years. US$5.7 million of that was for education.

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