Dong Nai’s students awarded “SCB - Lighting dream” scholarships

10:08, 13/08/2009

(ĐN)- Dong Nai province’s youth union and Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) on August 12 held a scholarship awarding ceremony “SCB-Lighting the dream of Vietnamese youth” at Ngo Quyen high school.

(ĐN)- Dong Nai province’s youth union and Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) on August 12 held a scholarship awarding ceremony “SCB-Lighting the dream of Vietnamese youth” at Ngo Quyen high school.

 
Mrs Vu Thi Kim Cuc awards scholaships to students

At the ceremony, 180 disadvantaged students from primary to high schools in the province received scholarships valued at VND300,000-500,000 each.

 

Mrs. Vu Thi Kim Cuc, Deputy General Director of SCB, said that the scholarship entitled “SCB – Lighting the dream of Vietnamese youth” will be carried out in 23 provinces and cities nationwide. Accordingly, 4,140 scholarships worth a total of VND2.5 billion will be presented to poor students from now to the beginning of the school year.

 

The scholarship fund is the continuation of the programme which started in 2006 to help students from poor families to continue their studies.

Reported by P.H