Sweden grants scholarships to gifted children
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) granted Phu Dong scholarships, sponsored by Swedish Comvik International Vietnam AB company, to gifted children in Hanoi on December 22.
Six young scholarship winners who have got excellent achievements in national and international contests in chemistry, mathematics, informatics, foreign languages and history were given 4.5 million VND each.
The grant, part of the cooperation between NFVC and the Swedish company in the 2006-2009 period, aims at encouraging Vietnamese young talents to promote their abilities to serve the country.
NFVC has since 1994 granted nearly 22,000 scholarships totalling 12 billion VND to Vietnamese children.
Meanwhile US Carnegie Mellon university has announced a 1.2 billion VND scholarship programme to train software engineers in Vietnam .
The granting programme, funded by Boeing airline, Danish International Development Agency and DTT technology corp., was launched on December 15.
The grant, part of the cooperation between NFVC and the Swedish company in the 2006-2009 period, aims at encouraging Vietnamese young talents to promote their abilities to serve the country.
NFVC has since 1994 granted nearly 22,000 scholarships totalling 12 billion VND to Vietnamese children.
Meanwhile US Carnegie Mellon university has announced a 1.2 billion VND scholarship programme to train software engineers in Vietnam .
The granting programme, funded by Boeing airline, Danish International Development Agency and DTT technology corp., was launched on December 15.
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