The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has collaborated with the Vietnam Heart Foundation of Vietnam Television (VTV) to award scholarships to the children of the crashed CASA 212 crew who suffered fatal injuries whilst on duty.

 

​The scholarship programme entitled ‘Together with you to go to school’, was organised to support the families of the deceased army pilots. Mr. Le Minh Hung, Governor of SBV and Mr. Tran Binh Minh, VTV General Director and banks attended the scholarship awarding ceremony.

On 16 June 2016, nine soldiers onboard the CASA 212 aircraft 8983 perished while on a search mission for a missing pilot from the aircraft Su-30 MK2. The CASA 12 crew members leave dependent family members behind including small children and elderly parents facing ill-health.

The scholarships were awarded to 13 children of the deceased soldiers and are to the value of VND1 million per month for each child until they reach 18 years old. A savings book worth 50 million (USD2,230) was also granted to the family of the pilot Nguyen Duc Hao. The total amount of scholarship money awarded to the children was VND2,102,000,000 (USD94,300). BIDV funded scholarships with a total value of VND482 million (USD21,500).

The gifts demonstrate both the compassion of the banking sector in general and BIDV towards people losing beloved family members. The spiritual and financial support provided by BIDV and the other organisations will help the children to continue their education.

As a pioneering bank in social security activities, BIDV regularly supports disadvantaged people, vulnerable groups and devotees of the country.

For more information, please contact:

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam JSC

Branding and Public Relations

Tel: +84.4.22205256

www.bidv.com.vn