Open doors for Vietnamese students to study in the US at low cost

GSending students to the United States is an investment that cannot be avoided

After 5 years of operation, Minh Viet LLC (based in the United States) by Mr. Pham Tuan Anh, who is famous for his role as an interpreter for US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in important meetings with Vietnamese Party and State leaders in 2015 – 2016. established, has developed many projects to help Vietnamese students study American high school programs at low cost and successfully study abroad in the US with scholarships.

Currently, Minh Viet has 4 member units including: Minh Viet Academy (MVA), is Minh Viet’s first project, launched in June 2019. MVA students study the American high school program in the evening with 100% American teachers; Minh Viet Kids (MVK) was established in April 2020, providing learning programs for children from 3 – 4 years old (PreK) and other innovative educational products; Minh Viet Learning (MVL) was established in June 2020, is a learning program for adults, including foreign language courses (English, French, German, Chinese, Japanese) and additional knowledge programs. other diverse benefits; Minh Viet School of Math (MVSM) kicks off its first school year in June 2023, teaching advanced English Math to students between 6 – 16 years old.

Mr. Pham Tuan Anh said, the purpose of Minh Viet LLC is to help many young Vietnamese people go to the US to study at university at the lowest cost. Doing this will certainly contribute to creating a future generation of experts who will join hands to help the country develop and overcome risks and difficulties.

“The Minh Viet project tries to do this very carefully and thoughtfully by teaching children from a young age a way of thinking, language, knowledge, cultural background, and learning style so that they can If you go abroad or go to America, you won’t be surprised. And when they grow up, whether they study abroad or not, they will be global citizens who will have all the advantages in studying and working in multicultural integration environments that increasingly connect Vietnam to the world.” , said Mr. Pham Tuan Anh.

Over the past 5 years, the Minh Viet Project has trained thousands of students to speak English well and have the same knowledge and thinking as their American counterparts. About 30 MVA students are currently studying at American universities. All receive some form of scholarship from their school.

Mr. Pham Tuan Anh said that the next 50 years is a very important period for Vietnam to transform the country from a low-income developing country to a middle-income country. To escape the middle-income trap and become a developed country with high income, Vietnam needs a huge amount of human capital.

“And to accumulate that amount of human capital, we need to start investing now by sending Vietnamese children abroad to study at university and higher levels. Good relations with the United States are of great significance to the future development of Vietnam, and therefore sending students to the United States is an indispensable investment direction,” the founder of Minh Viet LLC emphasized.

Efforts to open the door for Vietnamese students to come to the US to study at university

To open the door for Vietnamese students to study abroad in the US, one of MVA’s most powerful innovative steps for the 2024 – 2025 school year is to transfer the high school system (grades 9 – 12) from high school to the US. traditional American schooling to the college preparatory (AP) school model.

According to the founder of the Minh Viet project, in order for Vietnamese students to go to the US to study at university, they need to overcome many difficulties. The biggest and first challenge is the question of where is the money? University tuition fees in the US are now too high and beyond the tolerance of most Vietnamese families. Understanding that obstacle, Minh Viet LLC launched the first part of the project by asking reputable American individuals to apply for scholarships for Vietnamese students from top 200 US universities on behalf of MVA. . “It is expected that right from the enrollment season of the 2024 – 2025 school year, the project will have scholarships that will help reduce university tuition to only about 5,000 USD/year,” Mr. Pham Tuan Anh revealed.

It is known that MVA students in the past three years taking the SAT, the American university exam, have achieved very good results, the vast majority are over 1400/1600, which is higher than 95% of their peers around the world. More than half of you scored over 1500, which is higher than 99% of your peers in the world. However, the students’ learning path still faces difficulties, so many of them, because their families cannot afford it, end up studying at university in the country or in countries other than the US.

Mr. Pham Tuan Anh emotionally shared: “This year there was such a case. An MVA student who studied well received a very high scholarship at an American university in the top 100 and the school liked him so much that he continued to invite him to study. But in the end, the total cost is still beyond the family’s ability. Therefore, Minh Viet LLC decided to lend students and their families 5,000 USD/year without interest, no paperwork, no collateral, no loan contract, no repayment period,… all. Based solely on the honor of the three parties “Minh Viet – Parents – Students” and as long as the student maintains an average yearly score of at least 3.5/4, Minh Viet LLC will continue to lend you a loan every year until you study. finished university. After completing your studies, you can go to graduate school and when you get a job and earn income, you will need to start paying back money to the project. If you study well and have a good income, you can pay many times more to help future children.”

From the 2024 – 2025 school year, Minh Viet LLC launches a scholarship fund of about 100,000 USD/year divided into 20 loans for Vietnamese students to study abroad in the US. No interest, no mortgage required, no repayment period.

More specifically, on this occasion, Minh Viet LLC also decided to launch a Scholarship Fund, initially estimated at about 100,000 USD/year divided into 20 student loans. “Initially, the project will only be tested using the project budget, but later if successful, contributions from benefactors can be invited,” Mr. Pham Tuan Anh said.

The criteria for this loan or scholarship fund are expected to be for students who study with Minh Viet for at least 2 full years of grades 11 and 12; SAT score at least 1500; Apply through MVA with the help of MVA advisors; was accepted to an American university and received a significant scholarship; Families choose whether they need financial support from Minh Viet; There will be about 20 scholarships of this type each year, each worth 5,000 USD/year; MVA will directly pay 5,000 USD to the university the student attends; If students maintain a GPA of 3.5, MVA will continue to provide loans until they complete college (maximum 20,000 USD/student).

“We are extremely honored to receive the support and participation through dedicated practical work of our sponsors including: Ambassador Pete Peterson (the first US Ambassador to Vietnam after the Vietnam War, one of the first sponsors of the MVA project); Ambassador Ted Osius (CEO and Chairman of the US-ASEAN Business Council); Mr. Joseph Damond (former Deputy Trade Representative under President Clinton, Head of the negotiation team for the Vietnam – United States Bilateral Trade Agreement); Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Kathy Megee (Founder and President of Operation Smile Organization – Smile Surgery); Professor Ngo Bao Chau; Dr. Sung Nguyen;…

Along with that is MVA’s university advisory group led by Ms. Valerie Crouse, lecturer at the University of Georgia system; Ms. To Anh Nguyen, who has more than 10 years of experience consulting on university applications; Professor Minh Pham, working at the University of San Francisco; with American experts on career consulting and college application, teaching academic writing;…”, Mr. Pham Tuan Anh expressed and believed: “The project will be successful. The students we help today will make us all proud one day. This may be the best gift to Vietnam that the Minh Viet team, sponsors, and MVA’s university advisory group can give.”