The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Viet Nam on Saturday granted scholarships to brilliant undergraduates in 12 universities across Ho Chi Minh City under its AmCham Scholarship 2015 program, the chamber said the same day in a press release.

Some of the AmCham Scholarship 2015 recipients. Photo: Cong Nhat/Tuoi Tre News

Fifty winners and 27 runners-up were named at the award presentation ceremony yesterday for satisfactorily passing the four intensive assessment rounds of AmCham Scholarship 2015.

Winners received scholarships valued at VND10 million (U$437) each, while each of the runners-up went home with VND4 million ($175).

One hundred and eighty-one scholarships, valued at 5.5 million ($241) each, which were offered by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, were also given away at the Saturday ceremony.
The grants total VND1.6 billion ($69,991).

All AmCham Scholarship recipients were required to be Vietnamese undergraduates in their third year and above of the 2015-16 academic year from 12 universities in the city, including seven member universities of the Viet Nam National University-Ho Chi Minh City (University of Technology, University of Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Economics and Law, University of Information Technology, International University, School of Medicine), Foreign Trade University, Banking University, Hoa Sen University, University of Law, and University of Technical Education.

For the School of Medicine, students should be in their fifth year and above.

The scholarship recipients prided themselves on outstanding academic performance, fluent communication in English, and active participation in extracurricular activities after an extensive, three-month-long assessment process.

(Source: Tuoi Tre News)