Orphaned girl dropped out of school to become a worker, studied for 3 months and became valedictorian of the University of Commerce

Le Thi Nhung was born in 2001 in Do Luong, Nghe An, and is currently a first-year student at the University of Commerce, Hanoi. Nhung was admitted to the Business Accounting department with the highest score. If she had not dropped out of school to earn a living, Nhung would have a bachelor's degree by now.

Nhung was born 4 months later when her mother died of a serious illness. Nhung doesn't even know what illness her mother died of because she avoided asking about it. Nhung has two older sisters. Her father doesn't have a stable job.

Because Nhung was too young, Nhung's uncle took Nhung in and raised her. Nhung's father raised the first two children and remarried.

Nhung grew up under the care of her uncle. Her uncle lived alone and was poor, but he always made sure Nhung had a full education. Nhung's father remarried, had more children, and struggled with the scrap metal business. Nhung's two older sisters had to drop out of school early.

Portrait of Le Thi Nhung (Photo: NVCC).

After graduating from high school, Nhung decided not to take the university entrance exam but to work as a factory worker. Although she had the ability to study, Nhung did not dare to continue her studies because her uncle was old. She left her hometown of Do Luong to Hai Phong to find a job. Nhung was accepted as a worker in the input production department of the LG factory.

Working for a Korean company, Nhung intends to advance to a higher professional position by learning Korean. During the day, she works at the factory, and at night, she studies Korean online.

After nearly two years of studying at night, Nhung's Korean was good enough to communicate well. However, when she applied for a translation position, her application was rejected because she did not have a university degree. Only then did Nhung realize the value of a degree. Nhung decided to go back to school.

After Tet 2023, when there were less than 4 months left until the high school graduation exam, Nhung searched for books to review for the exam. She chose block D00 (math, literature, English).

Still working during the day and studying at night, after more than 3 months of reading books and doing homework, Nhung was admitted to the University of Commerce. Moreover, she was the valedictorian of the D block of the industry.

Right after finishing the exam, before knowing the results, Nhung quit her job at the LG factory, packed her bags and moved from Hai Phong to Hanoi to find a new job. She was hired as a waitress at a Korean restaurant with a salary of 3-4 million VND/month.

When she was admitted to the University of Commerce, Nhung had to change jobs again, finding a restaurant closer to school, convenient for both studying and working.

Le Thi Nhung received the "Valedictorian Stepping" scholarship for poor new students who overcome difficulties and have excellent academic achievements (Photo: NVCC).

After two years of working as a factory worker, Nhung was not able to save much because she had to spend money to learn Korean, buy a motorbike and a computer. The amount she had saved was only 12 million VND, just enough to pay the fees at the beginning of the school year.

Nhung gradually saved up the money from her part-time job in Hanoi to pay for her second semester tuition. She was lucky to have a cousin who took her in and let her stay with him.

Recently, Nhung was one of 120 new students who overcame difficulties and had excellent academic achievements nationwide to be awarded the "Nhan Buoc Valedictorian" scholarship.

Nhung said her goal is to try to achieve good results at school to win more scholarships, cover expenses and learn more English, in addition to maintaining her Korean language skills.

Nhung's dream is to work for a foreign company as an estimator. Nhung studies, works part-time, and tries to improve her foreign language skills to make her dream come true.

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