[Ngo-emwg] Briefing information on Australian Scholarships for Development in Viet nam

[Giang Ngan Ha]

This letter is to introduce the Australian Scholarships for Development 
in Vietnam (ASDiV) Program.

The ASDiV Program is key component of the Australia-Vietnam Development 
Cooperation Program funded through the Australian International Aid 
Agency (AusAID) in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Training.

In Vietnam the ASDiV Program manages two scholarship programs, the 
Australian Development Scholarships (ADS) and the Australian Leadership 
Awards (ALA) under the Australian Government’s international scholarship 
program – the Australia Awards.

The ADS scholarship program aims to respond to the priority human 
resource development needs of Vietnam and in doing so contribute to 
economic growth and poverty reduction.

Under the ADS program in Vietnam, 225 scholarships at Masters, Doctorate 
and   Undergraduate (in exceptional circumstances) levels will be 
awarded each year for eligible candidates. This is a 50% increase in the 
number of scholarships over previous years. This year, the ADS 
applications will open on 15 June and close on 30 July 2010.

Under the ADS program, special attention is being focused on developing 
human resource capacity in rural areas, especially in provinces with 
high levels of poverty and a large ethnic minority population. Thus a 
significant proportion of scholarships are to be awarded to qualified 
applicants, from both government and non-government sectors, whose work 
in the provinces contributes to economic development, improved 
governance and better services for the rural poor. There will be five 
Profiles of applicants of which Profile 2 suits staff of NGOs

With this in view ADSiV are planning to make a briefing information on 
11 June at 9:00 am at Army Hotel 33 C Pham Ngu Lao in order to introduce 
the ADS program to NGO human resource officers  and other interested 
parties from the non-government sector. (Contact person for 
confirmation: Ms. Nguyen Thu Hien. Email nthien at asdiv.edu.vn. Tel : (04) 
39393991.

Please access the link 
http://www.ngocentre.org.vn/content/introducing-australian-scholarships-development-vietnam-program 
for more information.