The Novaland Group has announced the award of US$20,500 to 332 grant and scholarship recipients in Ho Chi Minh City.

Novaland,
one of the largest real estate developers in
HCM
City,
prides itself in reaching out and becoming a real part of the lives of
employees and the communities where they live and work, said company
representatives.
Novaland
annually awards funds in the grant and scholarship categories of schools,
universities and community organizations and provides funds to support
community projects such as Operation Smile delivering free surgeries to kids
with cleft palates.
Year to date for 2017,
Novaland has appropriated an estimated US$1.5 million for grants and
scholarships, Operation Smile and other such community development projects
aimed at benefiting children and the needy.
Source: VOV
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