The tuition for one academic year at a university in Vietnam ranges from $350 to $600 per student per academic year. An airline ticket from Washington D.C. to Houston, Texas cost on average about $350. A good new Lenovo or Dell laptop cost about $600. $350 or $600 is not a lot of money. But, it can change the future for an individual. Hope for Tomorrow has been working with the Vietnam Student Development Funds (VNSDF) headed by Dr. Do Huynh Phi of Switzerland to provide needed academic scholarships to undergraduates and graduates students. The students are primarily from very poor economic background. The students receiving scholarships have very high academic scores and needs a little catalyst to help change their future. The HOPE and VNSDF scholarship goal is to inspire students to cultivate free, independent and creative thinking, intellectual power, strengthen their character, professional competences, ethical conduct and a sense of social and environmental responsibility for the progressive and sustainable development of society.

As of November 2014, HOPE and VNSDF have supported 125 students. The students include 118 university students and 7 high school students. The student demographics includes:

• 7 high school students (10%)
• 12 humanities students (10%)
• 18 engineering (14%)
• 18 economics (14%)
• 70 health (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and public health) (56%)

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