Study encouragement funds across the country have raised VND10 trillion (USD480 million) in funding for scholarships and bonuses for students and teachers over the past 15 years.

The National Study Encouragement Fund raises over VND700 billion (USD34 million) a year to provide scholarships for over three million students annually, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Study Encouragement Association Professor Dr. Pham Tat Dong said at a meeting on September 20 to mark the 15th founding anniversary of the association.

The association has established branches in all localities nationwide, with over 7.5 million members.

It has over 10,000 public learning centres, which train around 10 million people per year.

Vice Chairman of Vietnam Study Encouragement Association, Pham Tat Dong, at the meeting.

Students in Quang Nam Province granted with scholarships co-financed by the Investment Newspaper, Vietnam Study Encouragement Association and Quang Nam Provincial Study Encouragement Association