US President Praises Outstanding Vietnamese Students
US President George Bush sent his compliments to outstanding Vietnam-origined graduates of secondary schools in Houston, Texas on August 8 for the ninth annual Vietnamese-American Youth Excellence Recognition program
The event, held by the Vietnamese Culture and Science Society on August 6, was to recognize the academic achievements of Vietnamese-American high school graduates in the city of
In a letter to the Vietnamese students,
This is a record number in the past 10 years and surprised even the natives as the Vietnamese community makes up only two percent of the combined population of
2006 is also a record year, at least since 1996, for the number of scholarships sponsored by the Vietnamese community in
VNA, TT – Translated by SGGP