10-year journey connects seas, islands lovers
(VOVWORLD) - Over the past decade, Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and “For Beloved Hoang Sa-Truong Sa” Club have connected a large number people and spread love to most remote areas of the Fatherland through many practical and meaningful activities, stated former Vice State President Truong My Hoa, who is also President of Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund.
 Over the past 10 years, the programme has presented 14,185 annual scholarships worth more than 14 billion VND to needy students (Photo: tuoitre.vn) |
Speaking at a press briefing in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday on the occasion of the 10-year “For Beloved Truong Sa Students” program, the 10th founding anniversary of the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and the 8th birthday of the and “For Beloved Hoang Sa-Truong Sa” Club, Hoa said that during the COVID-19 period, the organisations raised more than 256,000 USD to support children from pandemic-hit families.
The programme has built two primary schools in Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes – Truong Sa Lon and Sinh Ton Primary Schools, and a kindergarten in Nam Du island of Kien Giang province.