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AMCHAM WOMEN IN ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP 2013 AWARD CENEMONY

News Highlights: 2013 marks the 3rd year of AmCham Women in Engineering Scholarship (ACWES). The Program awarded scholarships to 50 female students (VND 8 million each) with the aim of encouraging female engineering students to study and work in engineering majors fields. Besides Intel Products Vietnam, this is the first time that Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam has joined the Program, raising the total awarded amount to VND 400 million. Application criteria in 2013 are expanded to include the following new majors: Department of Food Technology and Department of Bio-Technology (UT), and Faculty of Chemistry and Food Technology (UTE). ACWES Alumnae Group is established in order to assist its members to improve themselves and to enhance female students role, ready for the career path ahead. Ho Chi Minh City, 31st May 2013 The American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam HCM City Chapter) in cooperation with Intel Products Vietnam and Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam awarded 50 merit-based scholarships (VND 8 million each) to 50 female engineering students who achieved the highest results throughout ACWES 2013 assessment rounds.

ACWES, formerly the AmCham-Intel Female Engineering Scholarship, was founded in 2011 as part of AmChams community activities. The Program also called for and encouraged the involvement of AmCham members operating in production engineering industry for the discovery and development of female human resources in high-tech fields in Vietnam. After two years of implementation, the Program has successfully awarded 25 scholarships every year (VND 8 million/ scholarship), kindly sponsored by Intel Products Vietnam. In 2013, welcoming CocaCola Beverages Vietnam to the partnership together with Intel products Vietnam, the Program supported 50 female engineering students, with the total awarded amount of VND 400 million.

All these positive outcomes from the Program paid their tribute to the significant support from the 3 leading Universities in training high-tech human resources in the South, including: 1. HCMC University of Technology (UT): Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; Faculty of Chemical Engineering: Department of Food Technology and Department of Bio-Technology. 2. University of Technical Education HCMC (UTE): Faculty of Machinery Manufacturing Technology; Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Faculty of Chemistry and Food Technology. 3. Can Tho University (CTU): College of Engineering Technology: Department of Electronics and Telecommunication, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Among these, the Department of Food Technology and Department of Bio-Technology (UT), and the Faculty of Chemistry and Food Technology (UTE) are newly incorporated into the Program.

ACWES not only provides students with financial aids, but also offers them a chance to explore companies involved in the Program and to get acquainted with a variety of job opportunities from high-tech companies. Realizing these valuable benefits, female engineering students have been enthusiastically applying for the Program. Regardless of the moderate number of female engineering students, the number of applications submitted to the Program is getting higher and higher, marking the scholarship programs endless development.

With the Programs success throughout the years, ACWES Alumnae Group is established to create a favorable environment for its members self-improvement through all the internal and external activities, as well as to provide useful information for their career orientation from a practical point of view.

Intel is very pleased and would like to congratulate the 50 excellent female students on winning the Scholarship this year. This is the continuation of Intels committement to engineering education and training over the years, stated Ms. Ho Thi Thu Uyen, Public Affairs Manager of Intel Products Vietnam.

Ms. Le Bao Thoa, HR Director of Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam shared her thoughts: With the goal to stay committed to sustainable development in Vietnam, Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam has been investing in Vietnamese talents, creating new jobs, building infrastructure and so on. In

cooperation with AmCham and Intel, ACWES is part of our community activities. Through the Program, we hope to produce good conditions to study for students, especially female engineering students. After graduation, those ACWES Scholars with high academic performance would be regarded as candidates for relevant positions at Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam.

Mr. Herb Cochran Executive Director of AmCham Vietnam said AmCham recognizes the increasingly important role of women in science and engineering in modern times. Over 100 years ago, Madame Marie Curie was an exception when she won the Nobel Prize for Physics (1903) and then later for Chemistry (1911). In recent times, women have become important resources for science and engineering, and companies, universities, and governments encourage their participation. Recently, Dr. Rita Colwell, the U.S. Science Envoy for South and Southeast Asia, visited Vietnam both to promote cooperation in scientific research between Vietnam and the United States and to encourage more girls and women to participate in math and science from the earliest school years through to the Ph.D. level. She was the Director of the U.S. Natural Science Foundation, an independent U.S. federal agency with an annual budget of about $7.0 billion, which is the funding source for about 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of U.S. Government support.

INFORMATION FOR REPORTERS AmCham Women in Engineering Scholarship, formerly the AmCham-Intel Female Engineering Scholarship, was founded in 2011. Part of AmChams community activities, the Program lays ground for encouraging AmCham members operating in production engineering industry to get invoved in the development of high-tech female human resources in Vietnam. Up to date, the Program has awarded 100 scholarships in total to excellent female engineering students with the value of VND800 million. Besides financial aids, the Program offers a chance to explore companies involved in the Program and to get exposed to a variety of job opportunities from high-tech companies.

American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) is an independent association of American and international businesses. With more than 450 companies, and over 1,000 representatives, our membership of manufacturing, trasportation, logistics, tourism firms and specialized services is unified by a common objective to promote trade and investment between Vietnam and the United States. Since 1996, AmCham Vietnam (HCM City) has been a Member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce which represents for 3,000,000 businesses, 2,800

state and local chambers, 830 business associations and 102 American Chambers of Commerce in 82 countries. AmCham Vietnam HCMC Chapter is also an association member of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry HCMC Branch (VCCI-HCMC), and an association member of the HCM City Union of Business Associations (HUBA). www.amchamvietnam.com CONTACT INFORMATION: Ms. Quynh Nguyen Event Manager AmCham Vietnam Tel: 0838243563 Mob: 0976 882 688 Email: quynh.nguyen@amchamvietnam.com Intel Products Vietnam Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a top firm in the world in innovations of computers. Intel designs and produces necessary technology as a foundation for computer worldwide. Further details could be accessed at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com. Intel, Intel logo. Atom and Core are registered brands of Intel Corporation in the U.S and other countries. *Other names and brands belong to other companies. CONTACT INFORMATION: Ms. Ho Uyen Public Affairs Manager Intel Products Vietnam Mob: 0913 778 216 Email: uyen.ho@intel.com Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam is one of the most famous brands in Vietnam. Coca-Cola system in Vietnam with all the factories in HCM City, Da Nang and Hanoi currently has approximately 2,000 employees, 99% of whom are Vietnamese. Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam centers around sustainable development for business activities, such as creating a safe and healthy working environment, prioritizing staffs training and development, as well as setting specific goals of energy savings, water use efficiency and water balance. Since 2010, Coca-Cola has invested USD1.5 million for a series of community projects in Vietnam, including the projects on clean water assess, support for disadvantaged families, and natural diaster assistance through Red Cross Vietnam. www.thecoca-colacompany.com CONTACT INFORMATION: Mr. Nguyen Khoa My Indochina Public Affairs & Communication Manager Coca-Cola Southeast Asia, Inc. Mob: 0918 010 500 Email: mnguyenkhoa@coca-cola.com ***********