Vietnam News Agency and Vinacafe Bien Hoa Joint Stock Company yesterday presented gifts and scholarships worth VND230 million (US$11,500) to needy people at Map Village in Eapok Town in the Tay Nguyen (Central Highland) province of Dak Lak's Cý M'gar District.

Ten scholarships, each valued at VND5 million ($250), were awarded to ethnic disadvantaged schoolchildren who are attending school or had to drop out halfway due to their families' financial difficulties.

Thirty poor ethnic households each received VND5 million as support to buy fertiliser and pesticide while 300 households were presented with gifts each worth VND100,000.

The village is home to 393 households, 79 of which are listed as poor with six being Kinh ethnic group and the remainder being Ede ethnic group.