Awarding the scholarships with a total of 1.42 billion VND to the poor students overcoming difficulties

10/11/2021 - 10:48:25 AM

(HBO) - On October 4th, in Chi Dao commune (Lac Son), Viettel Hoa Binh coordinated with the Department of Education and Training and the Provincial Association for Promoting Education to organize a scholarship awarding ceremony for the program "Because I am studious” in 2021. Mr. Nguyen Van. Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the leaders from other departments, branches and the People's Committee of Lac Son district.

Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee and the leader of Viettel Hoa Binh are awarding the scholarship to the poor studious students of Lac Son district.

The program "Because I am studious” of Viettel Military Telecommunications Group has been implemented since October 2014 with a view to encouraging and empowering the students in rural, remote and disadvantaged areas to rise up in the study. The goal is to implement in 10 years (2014 - 2024) with a total value of over 260 billion VND.

Particularly in Hoa Binh province, the program "Because I am studious” from 2014 to 2020 has awarded 6,770 sets of scholarship with a total value of 6.77 billion VND to the poor students who are studious. Viettel Hoa Binh has coordinated with the Department of Education and Training and the Provincial Association for Promoting Education to select 710 poor students all over the province with the high academic achievements to award the scholarship with a total value of 1.42 billion VND (2 million VND a set). It is expected that in 10 years (2014 - 2024), 8,620 scholarships with a total value of 11.4 billion VND will be awarded.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Mr. Nguyen Van Chuong, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: Viettel's interest in educational programs is really valuable. In particular, the program "Because I am studious” has a profound humanistic meaning, effectively supporting the poor students so that they can go to school. He believes in the program’s spread in the coming time, and he hopes the the program will continue bringing good things to the future generations of the province in particular and the country in general.

At the ceremony, the leaders from the Provincial People's Committee and the representatives of the Provincial Association for Promoting Education awarded the Gold Board for Promoting Education to Viettel Hoa Binh in the recognition of the its contribution to the cause of promoting education, education and training in the province. The leaders from Viettel Hoa Binh awarded the logo "Because I am studious” to Lac Son district (worth 300 million VND) and Hoa Binh province (worth 1,420 million VND). They awarded 30 scholarships with a total value of 60 million VND to the poor students overcoming difficulties in 3 out of the 24 communes in Lac Son district.

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