Among these, a total of 304 scholarships were granted to high school students, each worth VND15 million (US$602), whilst 155 scholarships were dedicated to students in universities and higher education, each worth VND29 million, (US$1,165).
Established back in 2001, the organisation’s Vallet Scholarship Fund has been sponsored by Professor Odon Vallet from France’s Sorbonne University. It has been the largest non-governmental scholarship fund in the nation over the past two decades.
Professor Vallet presented the scholarship fund of the organisation “Meeting Vietnam”, led by Prof. Tran Thanh Van and his wife, Prof. Le Kim Ngoc, to award scholarships to excellent students and pupils from the nation.
So far, the scholarship fund has granted more than 80,000 scholarships to outstanding students and pupils of France, the Republic of Benin, and Vietnam.