Têt in solidarity: Vietnamese New Year with Children of the Mekong!

It’s the Têt festival! In 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, embark on the adventure of sponsorship in Vietnam!

Têt, the Vietnamese New Year, is a symbol of renewal, family reunions and solidarity: help us make Tet a celebration of solidarity for students of Vietnam!

Têt, celebrated each year according to the lunar calendar, marks the beginning of a new cycle: a period where traditions, hope and generosity come together. In 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, we invite you to make a concrete gesture of solidarity by supporting our deserving university students! Thanks to your support, they will be able to continue their education and prepare for a bright future!

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How can I help Vietnamese students?

In Vietnam, thousands of students face financial challenges that threaten their dreams of accessing higher education. From high tuition fees to living costs, many are forced to give up their studies, trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty.

Children of the Mekong’s goal is to enable every sponsored young person to obtain a diploma and find a job that matches their talents, in order to break the cycle of poverty and become a model of responsibility for their country. However, some of our sponsored children see their studies threatened by factors beyond their control that sponsorship alone cannot resolve.

Support students in Vietnam

According to UNESCO, Vietnam had nearly 2 million students in 2020 out of a population of 97 million. Only 10.2% of the Vietnamese population over the age of 25 has a level of education equivalent to a bachelor’s degree. Higher education remains the preserve of a small elite due to its excessive cost. However, a higher education degree gives its holder access to jobs that, while not always better paid than factory work (e.g. for teachers), are stable and less strenuous.

In the country’s major university cities (mainly Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City), many students struggle with precarious living conditions, revealing the challenges faced by many young people in the country seeking higher education. Despite the government’s encouragement to pursue university studies, testimonials from our sponsored students highlight a difficult reality. Today, in the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi regions, the annual cost of a university student is approximately VND 50 to 86 million (€2,000 to €3,440) per year.

Donate to support our university students in Vietnam!