Vietnam Foundation

“Educational Advisory Program Assisted numerous Vietnamese students in large and small groups in their efforts to understand the U.S. educational system and search for a suitable school. See Schedule O Supplemental Information for further detail.Grants and allocations, including foreign grants 0, Program service expenses 6,015”

“Activity Award 50 scholarships for blind college students in HCMC, Grantee Various, Cash Grant 14,134, Relationship”

“Travel, lodging, and meals 2,538”

“Equipment 360”

“Techcombank card expenses 922”

“Bank fees 300”

“Foreign exchange loss -304”

“Loan from Kien Pham forgiven 10,000”

“Due to Kien Pham for advance to pay scholarships from TPG Global prior to receipt of cash Beginning of year 10,000, End of year 0”

“Open Educational Resource OER Program In 2014 and 2015, after the successful launch of the new platform - Hanoi Spring, an advanced technology platform designed to allow the public to share teaching and learning materials and curriculum, we concentrated on maintaining and upgrading its technical functions to meet with higher demand of users, developing mobile app for Hanoi Spring, and building a module of QA bank www.pls.edu.vn. We also focused on expanding and developing community of users through our VOLT Alliance Vietnam Open Learning Technology and other channels like social networks. VOER has become a major portal for learners, students and teachers inside and outside of Vietnam. Every day, 30,000 to 50,000 visitors access VOER www.voer.edu.vn to contribute, research and download materials. 90 of them are domestic users and the rest are international visitors from the US, Germany, India, Russia, Japan, and other countries. The Vietnam Foundation and its technology team in Hanoi played a leading role in the development, technology and framework for global OER. Every year, Vietnamese OER experts have been invited to many international and local conferences and seminars to share experience and lessons when implementing OER. We assisted a project by the Ministry of Education and Training to develop a repository of open course ware for foreign languages training.”

“Institutional Linkage Program We continued to maintain and strengthen ties between US universities and Vietnamese institutions. We provided assistance to a significant number of faculties from U.S. universities including Stanford University, the University of California in Irvine, the University of California in San Diego, to establish contacts and exchanges with suitable educational entities in Vietnam.”

“We provided assistance to handicapped students especially blind students in local universities and schools. VNF scholarship program for blind college students named Sunflower Scholarship in Ho Chi Minh City HCMC became an annual, traditional and well-recognized scholarship program since its establishment in 2008. The scholarship program was established to financially support and award blind students in HCMC who were pursuing undergraduate and graduate study. In 2014, VNF had 60 blind scholars who were excelling in college. Each scholarship amounted to 5 million Vietnamese dong, equivalent to USD 236. Most of the scholarship recipients were from underprivileged families in central and Southern provinces, and some of their parents were dioxin-affected by the wars. However, they all shared a desire to purse higher education for a better future. Many of them chose to study pedagogy, psychological counseling, and music. Other awarding program is laptops for those who excel in schools. In 2014, 14 laptops were granted to the top scholars who met the requirement of GPA equal to or above 7.0. This support facilitated their study and research at school and improve their contact with the global community. Younger students at primary, secondary and high schools with blindness were also our targeted scholarship recipients. In 2014, VNF granted 50 scholarships to this group of students.”

“Educational Advisory Program We assisted numerous Vietnamese students in large and small groups in their efforts to understand the U.S. educational system and search for a suitable school. We participated in local forums and seminars to provide knowledge.”