The sunflower, resilient and bright, always grows towards the sun. It symbolizes strength, hope, and growth. Like sunflowers, we hope that with the proper educational nourishment, Vietnam will also grow.

Sunflower Mission is a 501(c)3 organization committed to improving the lives of the people in Vietnam, mainly through educational assistance programs. We are an U.S.-based, non-profit, non-political, non-governmental organization.

School supply sponsors sought for Work Camp 2008

Sunflower Mission is looking for donors interested in sponsoring school supply packages for students. The Work Camp volunteers will be personally giving the packages to students whose family is poor and cannot shoulder the cost of obtaining school supplies. Students often do not have basic school supplies such as pencils, pens, notebooks, or school bags.

Students collecting books to send to Vietnam

While many university students complain about the high cost of textbooks, Tu Pham is thankful for the books lining the shelves of local bookstores and libraries.

Pham, a chemistry doctoral candidate at the University of Oklahoma, got her undergraduate degree in Vietnam, where she is from.

‘Advanced syllabuses’ disappointing Vietnamese students

The ‘advanced syllabuses’ being implemented in 13 key universities in Vietnam are expected to become models for Vietnam’s education. However, students have said, after only three years, that they are disappointed with the project.

Minority kids struggle to finish school

In northernmost Ha Giang Province just 30.26% of students complete the universal education programme.

In Cao Bang Province, the graduates total just 39.9%. Ethnic students accounted for only 18, 14 and 10% of all at primary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools in the 2006-2007 academic year, says Ethnic Affairs Committee deputy chairman Ha Hung.

Price increases burdening teachers

Vo Thi Tuyet Nga, a baby-sitter at Dong Da Primary School in Binh Thanh district in HCM City, cannot imagine that one day she will have a motorbike to replace her old bicycle. The salary she gets for the job of a teacher, it not enough to feed her mouth, and if she has a motorbike, she would have no money to buy petrol to run it.
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