Project ID: 68406

Chinese Embassy provides 25 scholarships worth $25,000 USD for students from the National University of Laos in 2018 (Linked to Project ID#68401)

Commitment amount

$ 27246.243696966918

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 27246.24

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Laos

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2018-11-22

Actual start

2018-11-22

Actual complete

2018-11-22

Geography

Description

On November 22, 2018, the Chinese Embassy in Laos awarded 25 Chinese Ambassador Scholarships (Chinese: 中国大使奖学金) to students from the National University of Laos (NUOL). The Chinese Government provided $25,000 USD to fund the scholarships; each recipient would receive ₭200,000 LAK per month for four years to finance their study at NUOL. The 25 recipients, from low-income families across Laos, were selected out of 143 students applying nationwide. Since 2014, the Chinese Embassy in Laos has annually awarded Chinese Ambassador Scholarships to poor but academically-strong students from the NUOL. For the umbrella project covering these scholarships, please see linked project ID#68401.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

National University of Laos (NUOL) [Miscellaneous Agency Type]