Sunday, January 5, 2020


FINANCIAL REPORT NO. 7
(as of 31 December 2019)

            OPERATING ACCOUNT


USD
VND
CAD
Opening balance on 1 January 2019
709.31
206,000,000
0
Inflow     Donations in 2019(1)
3,050.00
280,000,000
800
Inflow     Disbursement of interest in 2019

20,768,799

Outflow  New investments in 2019(2)
3,530.00
374,000,000
800
Outflow  Disbursement for scholarships in 2019-20
100.00
132,000,000
0
Outflow  Bank fees
25.42
375,799
0
Outflow  Certificate frame and gift in kind to a student
0
393,000
0
Closing balance on 31 December 2019
103.89
0
0

(1)  Donation total from 2013 to December 2019: USD 22,234.89, CAD 3019.23, and VND 780,500,000.

In 2019, the Bùi Trọng Chương Scholarship Fund (BTCSF) received a record donation compared to previous years:  USD 3,050, CAD 800, and VND 280 million (total equivalent to USD 15,750). Besides regular donations from donors in North America and 3 members of BTCSF management committee in Vietnam (Messrs. Lê Nhựt Tân, Trần Hữu Phúc Tiến, and Ms. Phùng Thị Thu Thủy, whose VND 50 million contributions were used directly for scholarship awards in 2019), BTCSF also received two donations totalling VND 230 million through the network of Mr. and Mrs. Lê Nhựt Tân and Nguyễn Thị Tranh.

BCTSF increased the number of awards from 6 in the academic year 2018-19 to 15 (14 scholarships and 1 award) in 2019-20 (see more details in Recipient). Mr. Trần Hữu Phúc Tiến’s company Vietnam Centrepoint  continued to provide 15 foreign language bursaries (VND 7.5 million each) to 15 Bùi Trọng Chương scholarship and award recipients in 2019-20.

 (2)  USD 3,530 from the USD operating account, USD 600 (= CAD 800), and USD 16,156.07 (= VND 374 million) from the VND operating account bring the new investment total to USD 20,286.07 in 2019.



INVESTMENT ACCOUNT


USD
Opening balance on 1 January 2019
29,763.76
Inflow      Income from investments of USD 29,763.76  maturing in 2019
2,079.55
Outflow   Disbursement of interest income in 2019-20(3)
897.53
Inflow      Additional investment in 2019
20,286.07
Closing balance on 31 December 2019
51,231.85

(3)    Disbursement of VND 20,768,700, equivalent to USD 897.53, for scholarship awards and miscellaneous expenses in Vietnam.

Management Committee, Bùi Trọng Chương Scholarship Fund