Scholarships worth US$34,500 await students

HCMC – The Institute of International Education (IIE) Vietnam on Tuesday announced that the 10 best Vietnamese students of business, engineering and sciences may be entitled to scholarships worth US$3,450 each from the fifth GE Foundation Scholar-Leaders 2011.

IIE Vietnam said that the applicants must be freshmen from 10 participating universities including Can Tho, Danang, Foreign Trade in Hanoi and HCMC, Hanoi National Economics, Hanoi University of Technology, and Hue University. Others are Nha Trang University, University of Economics in HCMC, and Vietnam National Universities in Hanoi and HCMC.

The students must have good academic records and possess leadership skills. The ten best students will receive financial support of US$3,450 each for the remainder of their studies up to three years.

The program will also make a chance for students to join the Leadership Development seminar and a Career seminar for such people to share ideas and develop networking as well as an opportunity to be mentored by a business leader at GE in Vietnam.

GE is an American company doing business in the technology, finance and media services.

For more information and application, visit the website www.iie.org/hanoi. The deadline for application is April 15.

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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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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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