Foreign-sponsored scholarships worth over 2.5 billion VND granted to students
The scientific and educational organisation “Rencontres du Vietnam” (Meeting Vietnam) on August 29 presented 175 Vallet scholarships worth 2.59 billion VND ( 107,135 USD) in total to outstanding students in five Central Highlands and two south-central provinces.
Professor Odon Vallet and Professor Tran Thanh Van give Vallet scholarships in 2023 to students of Hung Vuong High School for the Gifted in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.(Photo: baogialai.com.vn)
Lam Dong (VNA) – The scientific andeducational organisation “Rencontres du Vietnam” (Meeting Vietnam) on August 29 presented 175 Vallet scholarships worth 2.59 billion VND ( 107,135 USD) in total tooutstanding students in five Central Highlands and two south-central provinces.
Students with disadvantaged backgrounds in the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum, Gia Lai, Dak Lak, DakNong, and Lam Dong and the south-centralprovinces of Khanh Hoaand Ninh Thuan received 125 scholarships, each worth 14 million VND.
The remaining 30 scholarships, each worth 28million VND, were granted to needy students with outstanding academicperformances and those from the Universities of Da Lat, Nha Trang, and TayNguyen.
Established in 2001, the organisation’s ValletScholarship Fund has been sponsored by Professor Odon Vallet from France’sSorbonne University.
❀ This year, 2,100 Vallet scholarships with a total valueof 40 billion VND are planned for Vietnamese pupils and students in Vietnamahead of the new school year which usually starts in early September./.
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Professor Odon Vallet and Professor Tran Thanh Van give Vallet scholarships in 2023 to students of Hung Vuong High School for the Gifted in the Central Highland province of Gia Lai.(Photo: baogialai.com.vn) 
