Nguyen Hoang Khanh

1. Born in 1992, Chau Thanh Vu, from Ninh Thuan province is among very few postgraduates who won full scholarship of $79,000 for 5-year training course at Harvard for a doctorate in economics.

Obtaining full scholarships from eight prestigious schools in the US, Vu has made his friends tip their hats to him.

When he was a third-year student, he received the title of the best student in Princeton University’s economics department. 

“I plan to come back to Vietnam as soon as I can,” he said.

“I decided to study economics because I want to make my contribution to the country’s economic development,” he explained.

2. Nguyen Hoang Khanh, 1993, is one of lucky students who got an 80 percent funded scholarship for the Juris Doctor program at Harvard Law School.

Prior to that, in 2011, Khanh received Presidential Scholarship, worth 100 percent of tuition to study at St. John’s in New York. After finishing the university study there with the grade point average of 3.93/4.0, he received an 100 percent scholarship for the business administration program, also at the school.

Khanh began learning about opportunities at Harvard law school four years ago. He believes that Harvard’s professors and graduates all over the world can help him a lot when he finishes study and returns to Vietnam. 

In order to obtain the honorable scholarship, Khanh had to undergo LSAT (law school admission test) and interview, the two very challenging exams. 

3. Ton Ha Anh and Ton Hien Anh are sisters at Harvard. Ha Anh, 24, is now a final year economics student. Five years ago, Anh, a former student of the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, chose to study at Harvard because of ‘quality and fame’ while five schools offered scholarships to her at that time.

Dr Carolynn Maltas, a lecturer, said Ha Anh’s essays are always highly appreciated by professors thanks to sharp arguments and creative presentation.

In April 2016, Hien Anh, Ha Anh’s sister, 18, also a former student of the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School, received a financial support package of $320,000 from Harvard for a 4-year course.

4. La Ho Minh Khue, 20, a math major at the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School two years ago received a $320,000 scholarship from Harvard to study psychology.

Khue is known not only for her great achievements, but also as the third prize winner at the international piano competition in South Korea in 2013.

Ha Vy