On the afternoon of April 26, 2024, at National Economics University (NEU), Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd. awarded three scholarships to NEU students for their outstanding achievements in academics and personal development.

Delegates attending the ceremony

Representing Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd. at the ceremony were Koichi Wakabayashi, General Director, and Takefumi Hayama, Director of the General Planning Department. Representing NEU were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President of NEU, and MSc. Nguyen Hoang Ha, Head of the Department of Political Affairs and Student Management. Also attending were representatives of the leadership of departments, faculties, institutes, and centers of both organizations, along with the scholarship recipients.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President, delivers remarks

Speaking on behalf of the University leadership, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President of NEU, said that throughout its nearly 70 years of development, NEU has always recognized the contributions, support, and partnership of businesses. Scholarship sponsorship programs for students have been among the meaningful and successful collaborative activities between the University and businesses over the years. These programs have provided substantial support to students and encouraged them to continue striving for high academic achievement.

Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thanh Hieu also expressed his appreciation to Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd. for providing meaningful scholarships and gifts to students, motivating them to continue their studies, develop themselves, and advance in life. The Vice President expressed confidence that this also demonstrated the strong partnership between Vietnam and Japan over more than 50 years and laid a foundation for even greater progress in that relationship in the future.

Koichi Wakabayashi, General Director of Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd., delivers remarks

Speaking at the ceremony, Koichi Wakabayashi, General Director of Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd., affirmed that supporting human resources today helps prepare a generation that will play an important role in contributing to Vietnam’s economic and social development. The scholarships will be one source of support to help Vietnamese students—NEU students facing difficult circumstances—continue their educational journeys.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hieu, Vice President of NEU, and Koichi Wakabayashi, General Director of Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd., present scholarships to students

Mitsui & Co. is one of Japan’s leading trading and investment companies, operating in various sectors such as oil and gas exploration and production, infrastructure construction, metal and mineral resource extraction, iron and steel, chemicals, food, consumer goods, healthcare, telecommunications, information technology, and forestry (afforestation, wood processing, and carbon credits).

Mitsui has been present in the Vietnamese market since 1991. Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd. is a company with 100% investment capital from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan). Operating in the aforementioned sectors in Vietnam, the company has made and continues to make positive contributions to the country’s socioeconomic development.

Student Pham Minh Ngoc speaks on behalf of the scholarship recipients

During nearly 30 years of business and investment activities in the Vietnamese market, the company has consistently prioritized and participated in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities that contribute to the community in areas such as culture, education, hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and environmental protection. Specifically, in education, Mitsui has partnered with and provided funding to the Department of Japanese at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, to improve the quality of Japanese language teaching; supported the Department of Japanese at Foreign Trade University in providing a practical learning program for students; and funded facilities for general education schools in disadvantaged mountainous provinces of Vietnam through the Vietnam Study Promotion Fund.

This is the second year that Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd. has sponsored scholarships for NEU students, with the aim of supporting students facing difficult circumstances and encouraging exemplary students who overcome hardship to excel academically. In this round, Mitsui Vietnam Co., Ltd. awarded three scholarships, each worth VND 20 million per student.

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