The Saigon Times Foundation (STF) under the Saigon Times Group has donated 200 scholarships worth VND80 million to ethnic students in Tra Nam Commune, Nam Tra My District in Quang Nam Province.
The scholarships worth VND400,000 each will help students, who were hit by the flood in central provinces. Nam Tra My is one of the poorest mountain districts in Vietnam with poor infrastructure and harsh weather. Both students and teachers in the locality have very difficult lives and often face floods and rock slides. Nguyen Van Nam, principle of Tra Nam boarding elementary school, who has lived 20 years in the locality, said, “100% of the students here are ethnic minority people. Despite difficult lives, they try their best to go to school. The elementary students have to do their own cooking and clothes washing.” Previously, STF also donated 200 scholarships worth VND100 million to students in Tuy Phuoc District in Binh Dinh Province, a poor area accustomed to bad flooding. (english.thesaigontimes.vn Jan 13)
