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Donations sought for students in central Vietnam

The New York-based Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) has called for donations to support poor students in rural villages of Quang Ngai and Lam Dong provinces for the new school-year.
Donations sought for students in central Vietnam ảnh 1Copies of the Pattie De La Conchinchine, an 1827 map printed in the six-volume World Atlas (Atlas universel) by Belgium cartographer Phillippe Vandermaelen (1795-1869). (Photo: Tran Thang)​

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The NewYork-based Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) has called fordonations to support poor students in rural villages of Quang Ngai and Lam Dongprovinces for the new school-year.

President of the institute TranThang told Vietnam News that they aim to raise 200 million VND (8,800 USD)to support 200 students in the two provinces.

He said the institute willpresent pens from former US President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama andformer Vice President Joe Biden.

The American-Vietnamese man alsosaid the institute will auction copies of the ancient map of Hoang Sa (Paracel),in the 1827-published maps of Phillipe Vandermaelen.

Thang said each copy sized 40cmby 60cm will cost a donation of 1 million VND (44.2 USD), equal to ascholarship.

IVCE, a New York non-profitorganisation founded in 2000, aims to raise awareness about Vietnamese cultureand expand the educational opportunities of Vietnamese students. It alsopromotes Vietnamese culture and education in the US and abroad.

Donors can support at www.ivce.org/support.php.-VNA
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