The Phu My Hung Development Corporation and Lawrence S. Ting Fund recently organised its 18th scholarship award ceremony, presenting 232 scholarships worth a total of VND2.8 billion (US$120,000) to outstanding students in HCM City and other provinces.<\/p>\n
Of the scholarships, each university student received VND14 million ($605) per year. Each high-school student was awarded VND6.3 million ($300) per year.<\/p>\n
The Lawrence S.Ting fund also presented over VND5.7 billion ($246,000) to the National Fund for Vietnamese Children, HCM City Fund for the Poor, Vu A Dinh Fund, HCM City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients, Sponsoring Association for the Disabled and Orphans in HCM City, and associations for learning promotion in 63 provinces and cities.<\/p>\n
Over the last 18 years, the fund has awarded 117,000 scholarships to outstanding students, worth VND125 billion ($5.4 million).<\/p>\n
Along with awarding scholarship, Lawrence S. Ting fund has also organised many programmes to support the community, focusing on the education and healthcare sectors.<\/p>\n
In addition to giving scholarships, the fund for 15 years has spent over VND180 billion ($7.7 million) to organise many programmes supporting Vietnamese education like \u201cMoving Forward with IT\u201d, \u201cE-learning\u201d competition, computers, and English summer camps.<\/p>\n
Since 2009, with support from organisations and inidviduals, the fund has presented over 25,500 wheelchairs to people with disabilities.<\/p>\n
In the health-care sector, the fund has carried out many programmes like setting up health-care centres, bringing doctors to Taiwan for study, giving health-care programmes to remote areas, and paying operation fees for disadvantaged people.<\/p>\n
After 15 years, the fund has spent VND341 billion ($14.7 million) to support education and health-care activities. \u2014 VNS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Phu My Hung Development Corporation and Lawrence S. Ting Fund recently organised its 18th scholarship award ceremony, presenting 232 scholarships worth a total of VND2.8 billion (US$120,000) to outstanding students in HCM City and other provinces. Of the scholarships, each university student received VND14 million ($605) per year. Each high-school student was awarded VND6.3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n