Paris concert raises funds for Vietnamese students
A concert was held by the Companion Fund at a church in the Louis-le-Grand School’s precinct in Paris, France on May 20 to raise funds to give scholarships for poor Vietnamese students.
Paris (VNA) – A concert was held by the CompanionFund at a church in the Louis-le-Grand School’s precinct in Paris, France onMay 20 to raise funds to give scholarships for poor Vietnamese students.
The concert drew participation of Vietnamese artists fromthe Vietnamese Culture Centre in France and French artists from conservatoriesacross Paris.
It was sponsored by Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Ngoc Sonand supported by Professor Odon Vallet from the Sorbonne University, whohimself runs the Odon Vallet scholarship fund for excellent young students inFrance and Vietnam.
Le Hong Thai, the Companion Fund Chairman, said that theconcert was first held in 2009, and has become an annual event since 2012.
This year’s concert received 4,000 EUR (over 100 millionVND) which will be divided into 30 scholarships worth 3.5 million VND each.
The Companion Fund was established in July 2001 by a groupof Vietnamese students in Paris, who wanted to support their less fortunatepeers back home. The fund now has a network of 100 members and volunteersoperating in France, Singapore and Taiwan.
By fund-raising activities, the fund has to date presentedabout 3,500 scholarships worth nearly 7.5 billion VND (296,000 EUR) to poorstudents in Vietnam. In the 2016-2017 academic year, a total of 320scholarships were presented.-VNA
As many as 130 disadvantaged Vietnamese students who have made outstanding achievements in study have been selected for scholarships in the second term of the 2012-2013 academic year.
The Paris-based Companion Fund has presented 3,124 scholarships worth a total 260,000 EUR to students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Vietnamese universities during 15 years of operation.
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Artist performs at the concert (Source: VNA) 
