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Ceremony honours disadvantaged children with good academic performance

Ceremony honours disadvantaged children with outstanding academic performance

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) held a ceremony in HCM City on June 16 to honour children from disadvantaged circumstances who reaped outstanding academic results in 2019.
Ceremony honours disadvantaged children with outstanding academic performance ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh speaks at the ceremony (Source: tuoitre.vn)

HCM City (VNA) – The CentralCommittee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) held a ceremony inHCM City on June 16 to honour children from disadvantaged circumstances whoreaped outstanding academic results in 2019.

Addressing the event, Politburo member andStanding Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh praised the children for notsuccumbing to difficulties such as poverty or diseases, making great efforts topursue study, thus becoming bright examples for children nationwide to follow.

The Deputy PM urged authorities at all levelsand socio-political organisations to continue mobilize resources for childprotection and care, and work harder to create a safe and favourableenvironment  for children to study andplay. He particularly reminded administrations and agencies to take practicalactions to help children from poor families, street children and those in otherdisadvantaged circumstances pursue study.

A total 56 children were honoured at theevent with certificates of merit of the HCM CYU Central Committee and theMinistry of Education and Training. On the occasion, agencies, companies andindividuals nationwide contributed more than 800 million VND to presentscholarships and presents to disadvantaged children.

The honouring ceremony was a main activity ofthe festival of disadvantaged children with good academic performance held fromJune 14-16 in HCM City. The event gathered 278 exemplary children.-VNA
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