Viet Nam News
HA NOI – Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) granted 85 scholarships on Thursday in Ha Noi, giving a total value of VND510 million to young music talents at five musical universities and colleges nationwide for the 2016-17 school year.
The programme, which has been implemented since 2009, aims to encourage the spirit of young music talents and to contribute to human resource and music culture development in Viet Nam.
Each scholarship is worth about VND6 million.
The university and colleges include the Vietnam National Academy of Music, the Hue Musical Institute, the HCM City Conservatory of Music, the Tay Bac Musical College and the Viet Bac Musical College.
In addition, TMV will donate traditional instruments worth VND90 million to these five universities and colleges.
At the awards ceremony in Ha Noi, Toru Kinoshita – President of TMV said, “We highly appreciate your strong efforts in studying over the recent years to reach outstanding achievements. Especially, it was great honour that some previous students had good performances in big concerts of TMV as well as received high prizes at international music competitions. I do expect that our support will be partially helpful for your endeavour on the way to becoming good artists.”
Dang Thi Bich Lien, deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, “I highly appreciate and sincerely thank Toyota Motor Vietnam for its active support and assistance for the development of human resources for Vietnamese music. I believe that the Toyota Scholarship Program will support Vietnamese young music talents to continue to develop and reach further achievements”.
Over the last eight years, more than 730 scholarships have been granted to excellent students. In addition, this programme has created chances for students to practise and perform with professional orchestras at major music events.
For example, Pham Thi Duyen Huyen played in Toyota Classics 2011, Do Phuong Nhi played in the Toyota Concert in 2011 and 2013. Especially, many students have received prestigious awards at international music contests such as pianist Do Hoang Linh Chi, Phan Thien Bach Anh, Nguyen The Vinh and Ho Hoang Khanh Van as well as scholarships to study abroad in America, Japan, Europe and many other countries. — VNS