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330 bicycles presented to poor students in northern region

As many as 330 bicycles worth a total 550 million VND (23,705 USD) were presented to disadvantaged students with outstanding academic results in Vietnam’s northern region, to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.
330 bicycles presented to poor students in northern region ảnh 1As many as 330 bicycles worth a total 550 million VND (23,705 USD) were presented to disadvantaged students with outstanding academic results in Vietnam’s northern region (Source: www.shb.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – As many as330 bicycles worth a total 550 million VND (23,705 USD) were presented todisadvantaged students with outstanding academic results in Vietnam’s northernregion, to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays.

The beneficiaries are students inHanoi and Hai Phong cities, and those in Quang Ninh, Ha Nam, Hung Yen, NinhBinh and Tuyen Quang provinces.

The charitable activity was arrangedby Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) and Dai-ichi Life InsuranceCompany of Vietnam (Dai-ichi Life Vietnam), in cooperation with the Vietnam RedCross Society Central Committee.

It is part of a programme of the SHBto aid poor kids and encourage their studies, said SHB General Director NguyenVan Le. It began in June 2018, granting thousands of gifts and scholarships topoor students nationwide.

The SHB is among major commercialbanks in Vietnam, with charter capital hitting more than 12 trillion VND (517.2million USD) and total assets worth nearly 300 trillion VND (12.93 billion USD)at the end of September 2018.-VNA
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