Overcoming difficulties, conquering dreams for a bright future

Dong Thap Provincial Party Secretary Le Quoc Phong (left) and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper Nguyen Hoang Nguyen awarded scholarships to students who have overcome difficulties - Photo: D. TUYET

The ceremony was held in Dong Thap province, organized by Dong Thap Provincial Youth Union in coordination with Tuoi Tre newspaper. Journalist Nguyen Hoang Nguyen - deputy editor-in-chief of Tuoi Tre newspaper - said: "This scholarship received great support from readers when they shared and introduced to the newspaper examples of people who do not give up in the face of difficulties, always eager to realize their dreams through words".

"Wings of Dreams" helps children continue to write their dreams and conquer more beautiful dreams with their intelligence, perseverance and will in life and study.

Mr. LE QUOC PHONG (Secretary of Dong Thap Provincial Party Committee)

Bridge of Kindness

Mr. Dinh Van Nam - Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of Dong Thap Provincial Party Committee - awarded prizes to the authors who won the Wings of Dreams Award - Photo: DANG TUYET

Mr. Nguyen said the program has been a bridge, although the number of scholarships is not much, but the feelings and hearts of the benefactors have reached out to help the children. "Please take that as motivation to continue writing your dream of conquering the future with words" - Mr. Nguyen advised.

Along with 100 scholarships for students, there are also 120 scholarships for candidates admitted to Van Hien University and Binh Minh Saigon College with a total cost of more than 5.6 billion VND - corresponding to 100%, 50% and 30% tuition fee exemption.

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Minh Duc - Principal of Van Hien University - thanked Tuoi Tre newspaper and wished to continue to accompany them in the next two years. "The scholarship not only recognizes the efforts to overcome difficulties but also encourages the students to maintain their creativity and continuously study to become useful citizens for society" - Mr. Duc expressed.

Present at the ceremony, Dong Thap Provincial Party Secretary Le Quoc Phong said "Fostering Dreams" is a new member in the series of activities to care for learning that Tuoi Tre newspaper has been very successful in recent years. This encourages students to strive in their studies, considering difficulties in life as only temporary barriers.

Mr. Phong advised: "There are difficulties to overcome and face, but please believe that there are many people, social communities and organizations like Tuoi Tre newspaper around you to accompany you to overcome difficulties and move forward."

The Secretary of the Dong Thap Provincial Party Committee said that Tuoi Tre has chosen an approach to accompany disadvantaged students, who are also the future of Dong Thap and the Mekong Delta provinces. They will realize their dream of developing their families and homeland.

"We sincerely thank Tuoi Tre newspaper, the accompanying units, and directly Van Hien University. We hope that from today's "Wings of Dreams" journey, you will be more steadfast, continue to strive to study to achieve many results, contribute more to society, to the development of each locality and our country" - Mr. Phong said.

Believe in tomorrow

Mr. Nguyen Tan Hoang - Deputy Director of the Department of Information and Communications of Dong Thap province - awarded prizes to the authors - Photo: DANG TUYET

The ceremony was filled with emotion with a video clip about Pham Bao Quoc (grade 11, Thoai Ngoc Hau High School, Kien Giang) and Nguyen Thi Kim Thao (grade 12, Nguyen Trung Truc High School, Bac Lieu). Many tears were shed when listening to the two friends' situations.

Honestly, Bao Quoc shared that due to his family's difficult and hard circumstances, he had to take advantage of every opportunity to work part-time to help his parents a little and try to take care of his studies. Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Tham - Bao Quoc's teacher - shared that perhaps it was the desire to become a geography teacher that had molded a resilient Bao Quoc, always optimistic because he believed that the future would be bright and he could take better care of himself and his family.

Tears rolling down, Kim Thao said that she had struggled to live a lonely life when both her parents passed away when she was just a primary school student. If other students tried hard, Thao had to try ten or a hundred times harder to be able to go to class. Luong Ngoc Han - the author of the article introducing Kim Thao - shared that she was very moved when her mother told her about the difficult circumstances of her sister who studied at the same school, so she decided to send the article to the program.

"I don't expect my article to win any prizes, I just hope that many people will know about Ms. Thao's situation to help her overcome her current difficulties and be able to go to university as she dreams," Han confided.

Mr. Huynh Thanh Hung - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Dong Thap province awarded scholarships to students - Photo: DANG TUYET

Nurturing green shoots for the future

This is one of the activities of the program "For a developing tomorrow" of Tuoi Tre newspaper. Initiated in 1988, up to now, 587 programs have been implemented with a total mobilized value of more than 414 billion VND, supporting over 72,500 students nationwide.

Although appearing with many different names: Supporting school, Sowing seeds of knowledge, Wings of dreams, Bright spots in the medical industry, Accompanying teachers..., the program "For tomorrow's development" nurtures green shoots for the future, becoming a bridge for thousands of kind-hearted readers of Tuoi Tre newspaper to persistently join hands to care for the young generation of Vietnam over the past 36 years.

3 years of accompanying "Dream Wings"

In the first year, the "Wings of Dreams" scholarship program awarded 100 scholarships (VND 4 million/scholarship) to middle and high school students, along with prizes for authors who wrote articles introducing students with difficult circumstances who overcame difficulties to study well. The total cost was about VND 430 million, sponsored by Van Hien University.

After more than two months, there have been more than 300 articles of introduction from teachers, friends, and acquaintances of students in 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta sent to the program. The scholarship will be organized for 3 years, with a total value of 19.3 billion VND. In 2024, it will be for students in the Mekong Delta, the next two years are expected to be for the Southeast, Central Highlands, and Central regions.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/vuot-kho-chinh-phuc-uoc-mo-vi-tuong-lai-tuoi-sang-20240718095311529.htm