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Vallet scholarships presented to students in central provinces

Vallet scholarships presented to excellent students in central provinces

Odon Vallet scholarships worth nearly 3 billion VND (129,100 USD) were awarded to 276 students in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri at ceremony held in Dong Hoi city, Quang Binh province, on August 28.
Vallet scholarships presented to excellent students in central provinces
Vallet scholarships presented to excellent students in central provinces ảnh 1Odon Vallet scholarships presented to students at Vo Nguyen Giap High School in Quang Binh province (Photo: baoquangbinh.vn)

Quang Binh (VNA) – Odon Vallet scholarships worth nearly 3 billionVND (129,100 USD) were awarded to 276 students in the central provinces of HaTinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri at ceremony held in Dong Hoi city, Quang Binhprovince, on August 28.

Each student was given a scholarship worth 10 million VND and undergraduates wereawarded 15 million VND each.

Prof. Odon Vallet, ValletScholarship sponsor; Prof. Tran Thanh Van, Chairman of the Science andEducation Association “Meeting Vietnam in France” and his wife, Prof. Le KimNgoc attended the ceremony and awarded scholarships to the students.

Professor Odon Vallet spoke highly efforts made by the Vietnamese students,expressing his hope that the scholarships will help them make significantcontributions to building the country in the future.

The Vallet Scholarship has beenawarded in Vietnam since 2001. During the past 18 years, more than 30,000 Valletscholarships have been awarded to Vietnamese students with total value of morethan 200 billion VND.

Awardees are typically excellent students in urban areas or children of poorfamilies in remote areas in the Mekong Delta and northern mountainous provinces.

In France from 2000, Prof. Vallet, through theintroduction of Prof. Van and Prof. Ngoc, has given more than 100 scholarshipsto Vietnamese students in France.-VNA
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