Thanks to the
strong support of donors and Executive Committee members, the Bùi Trọng Chương
Scholarship Fund (BTCSF) increased the number of scholarships from 3 in 2017-18
to 6 in 2018-19. Following the interviews of 6 nominees at the Lê Hồng Phong
High School for the Gifted (LHPHSG) in Saigon, the five members of BTCSF
Executive Committee in Saigon unanimously voted to award scholarships to all six
interviewees.
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In the hallway of Lê Hồng Phong High School for the Gifted, after
interview meetings
Mr. Trần Hữu
Phúc Tiến (BTCSF Executive Committee member and Director of Vietnam Centrepoint)
also provided additional awards to the 6 recipients as supplements to Bùi Trọng
Chương scholarships. Specifically, Vietnam Centrepoint gave 4 bursaries to
study foreign language (worth 7.5 million VND each), and 2 bursaries valued at
over 20 million VND each for science classes conducted in English and additional
foreign language instruction. Centrepoint’s bursaries raised the amount
received by each student from 10 million VND (standard value of a Bùi Trọng
Chương scholarship) to 17.5 million VND or over 30 million VND.
A scholarship
award ceremony was held at LHPHSG on 14 August 2018, the first day of the 2018-19
academic year. In attendance were Vice Principal Trương Thị Lệ Hà, many
teachers, and virtually all grade-12 students, 4 members of the BTCSF Executive
Committee (Mssr. Lương Văn Hy, Trần Hữu Phúc Tiến, Lê Nhựt Tân, and Ms. Phùng
Thị Thu Thủy); as well as Ms. Nguyễn Thị Tranh, Director General of Saigon Coop
Investment & Development Corporation (SCID). The generous donation of 200
million VND from her and her daughter will enable the Bùi Trọng Chương Scholarship Fund to award 20
additional scholarships (at 10 million VND each) in the next 4 academic years.
Five scholarship recipients at the award ceremony (from left to right): Nguyễn Thị Minh Thư, Dương Tân Nhi, Phan
Nguyễn Thụy Đan, Bùi Phan Ánh Ngọc, and Đậu Hoàng Thanh Luy
1. Bùi Phan Ánh
Ngọc (Grade 12, specialized in English)
Bùi
Phan Ánh Ngọc has been selected by LHPHSG as an exemplary student for academic
achievements and extra-curricular activities. While in grade 11, she won the
first prize in English in the annual national competition among high school
students, as well as a gold medal in English in the 30 April Olympiad for high
school students in the southern half of Vietnam (30 April Olympiad). Her GPA in
grade 11 was 9.8/10. She also scored 112/120 in TOEFL, and 1550/1600 in SAT 1.
Ánh Ngọc has served
as the communication chair for the human library project in Saigon.
Ánh Ngọc has
been living with her mother and maternal grandmother with her mother’s modest
income. Ánh Ngọc works as a part-time English tutor in order to alleviate the
financial burden on her mother.
Ánh Ngọc
aspires to study in the United States or Canada after completing high school in
Vietnam. She hopes to study communication, psychology, and commerce; possibly
specializing in digital marketing and multimedia. She also plans to learn two
additional foreign languages: Japanese and French.
2. Phan Nguyễn Thụy
Đan (Grade 12, specialized in English)
As a grade 11
student, Phan Nguyễn Thụy Đan received the second prize in English in the
annual national competition among high school students, as well as a gold medal
in English in the 30 April Olympiad. Her GPA in grade 11 was 9.8/10.
Confident
about her social and negotiation skills, Thụy Đan has participated in many extracurricular
activities. She serves as the Vice-President of the English-language club at LHPHSG.
She plays an active role in the career-orientation club at the school, which
aims at strengthening students’ soft skills. She also participates in the United
Nations Model and League of Nations Model programs.
Thụy Đan’s
family is publicly regarded as a poor household in the ward where they live. Thụy
Đan hopes to pursue her undergraduate education overseas, and to study business
administration.
3. Đậu Hoàng
Thanh Luy (Grade 12, specialized in Biology)
Đậu Hoàng
Thanh Luy has received the first prize in Biology in a provincial competition,
as well as a gold medal in Biology in the 30 April Olympiad. Her GPA in grade
11 was 9.0/10.
In
extracurricular activities, Thanh Luy participates in the Red Flamboyant
program aiming at environmental protection, organization of children’s summer
activities, and assistance to the disadvantaged. She also spends 2 hours a week
on the average in the processing of recycled items for environmental protection.
After
finishing grade 4, Thanh Luy left her native province of Lâm Đồng in the
Central Highlands in order to pursue education in Saigon. She has been living
with 2 elder brothers in Saigon.
Thanh
Luy hopes to spend her gap year overseas working part-time and improving her English
in order to prepare better for university education.
4. Nguyễn Thị Minh
Thư (Grade 11, specialized in Biology)
While in
grade 9, Nguyễn Thị Minh Thư was designated an outstanding student in Hồ Chí Minh
City (Saigon). At LHPHSG, despite challenges in a rigorous academic curriculum,
she still maintained a GPA of 8.6/10 in grade 10. Besides studying, she loves to
play soccer.
Minh Thư’s parents
work as a driver and a custodial staff to help raise her and her elder brother.
Her brother is studying at Hồ Chí Minh City University of Education, and works
as a part-time tutor in order to alleviate the financial burden on their
parents. Minh Thư hopes to become a pharmacist.
5. Dương Tân
Nhi (Grade 11, specialized in Chinese)
Dương Tân Nhi
was an outstanding student in grade 10, with a GPA of 9.3/10. She also received
a gold medal in Geography in the 30 April Olympiad. She loves studying History,
Geography, Chinese language, and hopes to learn Korean and Japanese as well. She
participates in the journalism club at LHPHSG.
Tân Nhi, her
younger brother and their parents live on the modest income from an unsteady
locksmithing job. Tân Nhi hopes to become an interpreter or a teacher, and to
study in Taiwan after high school.
6. Dương Ngọc Tiểu
Minh (Grade 11, specialized in Chinese and Japanese)
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Scholarship recipient Dương Ngọc Tiểu Minh
Dương Ngọc Tiểu
Minh serves as the captain of her class, and plays a leadership role in the Youth
Union. She has been studying Japanese since grade 6, and taken extra lessons in
English and Mathematics.
As the Youth
Union leader in her ward, Tiểu Minh has organized summer programs and musical performances
for younger children in the ward. Three times a week, she volunteers to cook
meals for patients in a public hospital. She has also taken karate lessons,
loves basketball, and writes fiction.
Tiểu Minh is
an orphan and has been raised since infancy by a Buddhist clergy at a padoga. She
plans to go to Armed Forces Academy which provides tuition-free university
education.
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