Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund donates VND 9.1 billion
Phu My Hung Corporation and The Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund have offered scholarships and charitable aid with a total value of over VND 3.1 billion as part of their 2015 program.
The Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund awards 473 scholarships, worth a combined VND 4.12 billion, to excellent students from 34 high and tertiary schools nationwide. Each selected high school student will get a VND 4.5 billion scholarship in every school academic year while college and university students will receive VND 10 million scholarship each. Moreover, the Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund also sponsors local charitable funds and associations with a total value of VND 5.06 billion this year.
Besides, the Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund donates educational equipment for IT teaching and learning in Vietnam in a program entitled “Tien buoc cung cong nghe thong tin” (Moving forward with IT) as well. In the past eight years, this program has sponsored more than 122 computer-equipped rooms worth over VND 37 billion in total at 96 schools nationwide.
After nice years of operations, the Lawrence S. Ting Memorial Fund has given more than VND 192 billion to social and charitable activities, especially in health and education.
Via: The Saigon Times Daily
