President Tran Dai Quang with the students
The delegation included 55 outstanding students from Dien Bien, Son La, Cao Bang, Hai Phong, Ninh Binh, Nghe An, Kon Tum, Binh Thuan, Long An, Tra Vinh and An Giang.
Speaking at the meeting, President Tran Dai Quang praised the students for achieving outstanding academic results despite their challenging circumstances.He expressed his hope that they would keep up their good work and continue reaching for opportunities for a better life.
The President also urged the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) to continue expanding their efforts at the local level so that more children can make their voices heard in the future.
According to the MoLISA, since 2008, 425 students from 63 cities and province across the country have had the chance to meet with the State leader.
They represent a small part of Vietnam’s millions of children under the age of 16 who live in difficult circumstances in remote areas and islands and who have excellent academic performance or are gifted in arts.
Over the past 23 years, the NFVC has raised trillions of VND to provide support for more than 30 million underprivileged children in Vietnam.
