Nguyen Thi Thuy (18 years old) has come to Dalat University from a girl who picked up vegetables and bottles to earn money for school - Photo: MV
Nguyen Thi Thuy (18 years old, Ward 9, Da Lat) was born in Da Lat 2 years after her parents left Thanh Hoa to come to Da Lat to make a living. Da Lat is beautiful but not easy for a couple with nothing, no job, no land. 20 years later, Thuy's parents are still poor.
What's so shameful about studying and earning money at the same time?
Thuy is as small as a candy. Born into a poor family, she no longer feels the hardships that follow her every day. For 12 consecutive years, she was an excellent student, admired by her friends. Leaving her books behind, she followed her mother to collect bottles and bags (scraps), to pick up vegetables in harvested gardens or wild vegetables growing on abandoned land to sell at the market.
Mrs. Bui Thi Lien (45 years old, Thuy's mother) said: "I heard people telling me to quit school and help with gardening so I can have money soon. She told me, 'I can help you earn money, why do I have to quit school, Mom?'"
During her school days, Nguyen Thi Thuy spent her days picking up vegetables and collecting scrap metal to sell to earn money for school – Photo: MV
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Van (44 years old, Thuy's father) said: "She went to pick up bottles around the school. I felt so sorry for her. She innocently said that there were many bottles to pick up near the school. She would finish soon so she could study for class. She didn't feel ashamed, picked up a whole bag full, dragged it to a bush near the school and left it there.
When my wife came to pick up our child, she also picked up the bag of bottles. We took it to the store to sell before returning home. The next day at school, the child brought a bag of plastic bags bigger than her to school.
Thuy laughed when she heard her father say that: "That's convenient, Dad. I can go to school and earn money at the same time, so why be ashamed?"
After having enough money to pay for school, Thuy stopped picking vegetables or collecting bottles and bags. She switched to tutoring. It helped her pay for her two younger siblings' tuition and make studying easier.
Thuy single-handedly takes care of her mother, teaches her younger siblings, and smiles a lot.
Student Nguyen Thi Thuy (18 years old) at Dalat University - Photo: KY PHONG
Ms. Truong Thi Lien (Ward 9, Da Lat) is a resident of the neighborhood where Thuy's family lives and said: "Since Thuy's mother got sick, she has been the mother of her younger siblings. Thuy single-handedly takes care of her mother, teaches her younger siblings, and goes to the market to sell vegetables. She is so hard-working and loving. That little girl is always smiling, she doesn't know what hardship is."
Ms. Lien is the one who lent Thuy's family a small piece of land to grow kohlrabi and amaranth to earn extra income for over a year.
Thuy felt the impasse in her parents’ journey to escape poverty. As a child, Thuy could not say: I will help my parents escape poverty. But in a letter to the Support to School program, Thuy confided: “I want to help my siblings bring my family out of poverty, no longer living in rented accommodation, no longer having to worry about my father running around to find money for my mother to take medicine… My family will have a house after so many years of my parents working away from home.”
When Tuoi Tre newspaper announced that she had received the 2024 Tiep suc den truong scholarship, Thuy was so happy she wanted to cry. She said: “Since submitting my application to the program, I have been waiting every day to receive news from the organizing committee. From now on, my siblings and I will not have to worry about tuition fees. The money I earn will be used for my mother to buy medicine.”
Student Nguyen Thi Thuy will strive to have the opportunity to support new students in difficulty in the future - Photo: KY PHONG
Thuy said: “Consider it as borrowing money from Tiep Suc to go to school. When I start working, I will send it back so that the program can take care of other young people in the same situation as me now.”
Nguyen Thi Thuy was admitted to the Faculty of Law at Dalat University with more than 25 points. With this score, Thuy can leave the mountain town to study law at a university in Ho Chi Minh City. Thuy confided: “I had this intention since I submitted my application. But my mother can no longer work. My father cannot handle all the work. So I chose to study near home to help my father take care of my younger siblings. When my siblings grow up, I will study to become a lawyer in Ho Chi Minh City. There, I think there will be many opportunities to practice to become a good lawyer.”
Dalat University supports student Nguyen Thi Thuy
Through an exchange with Tuoi Tre newspaper, Dalat University and TA. Development Company (Korea) presented the “Overcoming difficulties to study well” student support grant to new student Nguyen Thi Thuy. On October 17, Thuy received a grant of 500 USD (equivalent to 12.5 million VND).
Mr. Le Minh Chien, principal of Dalat University, said: “During the learning process, if student Nguyen Thi Thuy achieves good academic and training results, the school will have a scholarship to support her. The school highly appreciates the student's efforts to study well. With difficulties in life, the school will accompany them to overcome them.”
90 scholarships for 5 provinces in the Central Highlands region
Today (October 27), Tuoi Tre newspaper coordinated with the Provincial Youth Unions of Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai and Kon Tum to award the 2024 Support to School scholarships to 90 disadvantaged new students from five provinces in the Central Highlands region.
The scholarship awarding program " Tiep suc den truong " and the art exchange "Nurturing green seedlings of the plateau" were broadcast live by Lam Dong Radio and Television Station, and rebroadcast on Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Gia Lai Radio and Television Stations and Tuoi Tre Online newspaper (tuoitre.vn) from 9:30 am.
The total cost of the program is over 1.3 billion VND sponsored by the "Companion to Farmers" Fund (Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company), Viet Nhat Fertilizer Company and Dai-ichi Life Vietnam Company.
Each scholarship is worth 15 million VND, including two special scholarships (50 million VND/four years).
In addition, Vinacam Scholarship Fund (Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company) sponsored four laptops for new students with special difficulties who lack learning equipment.
The Vietnam-USA Society English System presented 10 English scholarships for IELTS preparation courses to new students in Lam Dong and Dak Lak provinces, and Nestlé Vietnam Company Limited presented backpacks to new students.
Invite you to join the School Support Program
Tuoi Tre Newspaper's 2024 School Support Program launched on August 8, expected to award 1,100 scholarships with a total cost of more than 20 billion VND (15 million VND for new students with difficulties, 20 special scholarships worth 50 million VND/scholarship throughout 4 years of study and learning equipment, gifts...).
With the motto "No young person can go to school because of poverty", "New students encounter difficulties, there is Tuoi Tre " - as a commitment to support new students in the past 20 years of Tuoi Tre .
The program received contributions and support from the "Accompanying Farmers" Fund - Binh Dien Fertilizer Joint Stock Company, Vinacam Education Promotion Fund - Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company and the "Nghia Tinh Quang Tri" and Phu Yen Clubs; " Supporting Children to School " Clubs of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam - Da Nang, Tien Giang - Ben Tre and Tien Giang and Ben Tre Businessmen's Clubs in Ho Chi Minh City, Dai-ichi Life Vietnam Company, Mr. Duong Thai Son and friends with businesses and a large number of readers of Tuoi Tre newspaper...
In addition, Vinacam Group Joint Stock Company also sponsored 50 laptops for new students with special difficulties and lack of learning equipment worth about 600 million VND, Nestlé Vietnam Company Limited sponsored 1,500 backpacks worth about 250 million VND.
The Vietnam-USA Society English Language System sponsored 50 free foreign language scholarships worth 625 million VND. Through the State Bank, Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank sponsored 1,500 books on financial education, instructing financial management skills for new students...
Businesses and readers can support scholarships for new students by transferring to Tuoi Tre newspaper account :
113000006100 VietinBank, Branch 3, Ho Chi Minh City.
Content: Support " Support to school " for new students or specify the province/city that you want to support.
Readers and businesses abroad can transfer money to Tuoi Tre newspaper:
USD account 007.137.0195.845 Ho Chi Minh City Foreign Trade Bank;
EUR account 007.114.0373.054 Foreign Trade Bank, Ho Chi Minh City
with Swift code BFTVVNVX007.
Content: Support " Support to school " for new students or specify the province/city that you want to support.
In addition to funding scholarships, readers can support learning equipment, accommodation, jobs, etc. for new students.
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