High school students will receive scholarships worth VND8 million ($380) each while students at universities and colleges and young researchers will receive VND13 million ($619) each.
Since its establishment in 2001, the fund has awarded over VND120 billion ($5.7 million) to nearly 25,000 students. The fund was established by the French Professor Odon Vallet, from France's Sorbonne University, through the Meeting Viet Nam organisation founded by the Vietnamese-French Professor Tran Thanh Van.
