VietNamNet Bridge – A US Higher Education Fair will take place this Autumn in Ho Chi Minh City on October 11 and Hanoi two days later, reports the Institute of International Education (IIE).

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This will be the second US higher education exhibition the IIE has organised in Vietnam since the beginning of this year.

The HCM City fair will see 89 prestigious US colleges and universities taking part, while 43 schools will be present at the Hanoi event, which covers a wide range of fields such as business administration, finance, science and technology.

The fairs will provide domestic students with a great chance to learn about the opportunities for higher education in the US from official, reliable and legitimate sources.

They will also enable students to meet official representatives to inquire into application procedures, entrance exams and scholarships.

Vietnam is one of the 10 nations to have the largest number of students studying in the US, with 12,823 currently enrolled.

* 150 scholarships for students to study abroad

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has offered 150 scholarships for outstanding students to study overseas in 2011.

The students are scheduled to be sent to the UK, Germany, France, Canada, the US, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia.

The entrants must have graduated from high-school in 2010 with good results and have passed this year’s entrance exams. They must also be qualified in a foreign language.

The deadline for applications is November 30, 2010.

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