On December 24, 2008, Sunflower Mission’s advisors, Ms Duy-Loan Le and Mr. Hoang Huy Hoang attended the 2009 Sunflower Mission Engineering & Technology Award Ceremony held at the campus of ASCENX in Vietnam.

Mr Tung Bach, CEO & President of ASCENX, Mr Phuc Trong Than, Intel Southeast Asia Country Manager, Mr Kun-Shan Lin, VP of Asia for Texas Instruments were present for the event.

The agenda for the ceremony includes:

• 14:00 Welcoming Remarks. Mr. Hoang Huy Hoang. Vice President of Novellus Systems. Advisor of Ascenx Vietnam, Advisor of Sunflower Mission
• 14:10 Ascenx Technologies Corporate Overview. Tung T. Bach. Chairman And CEO
• 14:30 Sunflower Mission. Education & Civic Leadership. Ms. Duy-Loan Le, Senior Fellow of Texas Instruments. Co-Founder and Advisor of Sunflower Mission USA
• 14:45 High Technologies Trend. Than Trong Phuc. Intel. South-East Asia Country Manager
• 15:00 Q&A Open Session.
• 15:20 Scholarship Presentation
• 16:15 Remarks from Scholarship Recipient

This year, we awarded 43 scholarships to college students who pursue a degree in engineering or technology:

• 13 students from University of Technical Education
• 20 students from University of Technology
• 10 students from Can Tho University of Technical

In addition, we also awarded 4 senior projects scholarships: 2 in the amount of $500 each and 2 in the amount of $1000 each.

Ascenx is a Silicon Valley (CA) based company with operation in Saigon serving the semiconductor, solar and related high-tech industries. The Company aims to develop world-class engineering standards in Vietnam and has more than 50 employees.

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