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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am pleased to inform you that Australia Awards applications for Intake 2024 open 1 February and close 1 May 2023.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Australia Awards Scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders for development. Through study and research, awardees develop the skills
and knowledge to drive change and help build enduring people-to-people links with Australia. Scholarships are available for outstanding Vietnamese candidates for master’s degree study in Australia commencing in 2024. Please note that PhD scholarships are not
available. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Successful candidates will study at a university of their choice in Australia in priority areas for Vietnam’s development: governance and economic growth, infrastructure and transport, education, gender equality,
agriculture and rural development, regional stability and human rights, disability, climate change/environment, innovation, health and cyber security. The scholarships are for full-time study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">People with disabilities and from disadvantaged areas are strongly encouraged to apply. A support scheme is available to assist equal participation for these applicants.
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Up to 12 months’ intensive English training in Vietnam is provided, if required, to assist awardees achieve the required IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 or higher (with no individual band score of less than 6.0) or
an equivalent TOEFL or PTE Academic score.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eligibility criteria and special conditions for applications are summarised in the attached Vietnam country profile. Applicants must apply online. Full details are available at
</span><a href="http://www.australiaawardsvietnam.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">www.australiaawardsvietnam.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To promote this scholarship opportunity, I would be grateful if you could distribute the enclosed brochures among your colleagues and place the poster(s) at an appropriate location within your organisation. If your
organisation has a website, you might consider uploading information about the scholarship as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For further information please email
</span><a href="mailto:info@australiaawardsvietnam.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">info@australiaawardsvietnam.org</span></a><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">,</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
or call (024) 3939 3991.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Best regards,</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><br>
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://aus4skills.org/"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;text-decoration:none">Aus</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;text-decoration:none">4</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;text-decoration:none">Skills</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">t: + 84 024 3939 3991 - ext. 109</span><span style="color:#201F1E;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Aus4Skills"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Aus4Skills Facebook</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://aus4skills.360alumni.com/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Alumni Community</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
| </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://www.vietauscentre.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Vietnam – Australia Centre</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#007C89;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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