HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City StudyEncouragement Association on October 28 granted scholarships worth (77,400 USD)to more than 500 students.
Addressing the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the municipalPeople’s Committee Huynh Cach Mang lauded study encouragement activities in thecity over the past 18 years.
Study encouragement associations at all levels have madecontinuous efforts in this regard, he said, praising their initiatives topromote study movements in families and residential areas, contributing topreventing social bad deeds, reducing poverty and raising public intellectualstandards.
Over the past 18 years, the municipal Study EncouragementAssociation has assisted over 2,500 poor students with outstanding academicachievements, with a total funding of more than 22 billion VND (946,000 USD).-VNA