Free bus and train fares allow poor students to return home for Tet
In recent days, the Da Nang Students’ Association has given free bus and train fares, worth 200 million VND in total, to 1,000 poor local students in order to help them return to their hometowns to celebrate Tet with their families.
In addition, the universities and colleges across the city have been actively involved in supplying hundreds of bus and train tickets, and Tet gifts, for their poor students.
The Da Nang Architecture University gave bus fares, valued at 20 million VND, for its 50 poor students. The money has come from donations from local businesses and the university’s Charity Arms Fund.
The Deputy Director of the University of Da Nang, Assoc Prof Ngo Van Duong, presenting gifts of cash to poor local students |
The Secretary of the University’s Youth Union organisation, Mr Cao Xuan Tinh, said that another 5 poor students whose houses were badly affected by the recent storms and floods received financial assistance totalling 4.2 million VND. He added that his university gave a disabled student Tran Van Hoang 1 million VND in cash, and helped him to catch a coach to return his hometown.
The Chairwoman of the Students’ Association of the University of Da Nang, Ms Dinh Thi My Hanh, noted that her university provided free bus and train fares, amounting to 20 million VND in total, for 100 poor students. The money was contributed by local enterprises and granted from her university’s Lighting up Youth Dream Fund, she added.
Also on the occasion of the upcoming Tet festival, the Youth Union organisation of the city’s University of Education spent a total of 32 million VND helping 161 students whose families were badly affected by the recent storms and floods.
Furthermore, the Youth Union organisations and the Students’ Associations from Duy Tan University, the College of Commerce, and the College of Transport No 2 were also actively involved in presenting gifts of cash and materials and giving scholarships to their poor studious students.