Life & English: “The Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship Program for the academic year 2015-2016”

The U.S. Embassy inVietnamis announcing the Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship Program for the academic year 2015-2016.

Established in 1946 and funded by the U.S. Congress, the Fulbright Program aims at achieving mutual understanding through academic and cultural exchange. The Fulbright Vietnamese Student Program is a competitive, merit-based scholarship program which recruits and nominates young Vietnamese professionals for Master’s degree programs atU.S.universities. Approximately 20 to 25 fully-funded scholarships are granted on an annual basis. Since 1992, more than 500 Vietnamese students have been selected to participate in the Program.

What does the Scholarship provide? Successful candidates will pursue a Master’s degree program that begins in the academic year 2015-2016. The Fulbright Program will arrange placement at universities in theUnited States. Successful candidates will receive a full scholarship which covers tuition and fees, monthly stipend, round-trip airfare to theU.S.and health insurance.

Please see details at: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/fvst.html