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HCM City: Summer volunteer campaigns prove effective

The summer volunteer campaigns launched by the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union’s Ho Chi Minh City chapter have proven effective, Deputy Secretary of the chapter Ngo Minh Hai said at a conference in the city on August 30.
HCM City: Summer volunteer campaigns prove effective ảnh 1Young volunteers from Ho Chi Minh City (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The summer volunteercampaigns launched by the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union’s Ho Chi Minh City chapter haveproven effective, Deputy Secretary of the chapter Ngo Minh Hai said at aconference in the city on August 30.

Local youths have actively engaged in voluntaryactivities in districts on the outskirts of HCM City as well as borderlocalities in the south-eastern, south-western, central and Central Highland regionsand Laos.

The local youth union opened trainingprogrammes, transferred science-technology, and provided farming techniques forfarmers while supporting youngsters in rural areas in doing business,introducing job opportunities for over 9,000 young people, and training socialskill practices for 86,000 others.

Young volunteers also got involved in upgrading50km of rural roads and repairing a dozen of bridges, while contributing tobuilding clean, safe and civilised apartment blocks and bus stations.

They presented gift packages worth 2.4 billionVND (102,729 USD) to more than 14,000 locals and youngsters from difficultbackgrounds, repaired and replaced electric equipment for 1,200 poorhouseholds, and granted 332 scholarships to needy students.

Particularly, in the Lao provinces of Attapeuand Champasak, 97 volunteers from HCM City provided health check-ups andmedicine for 4,500 disadvantaged people.

They also handed over 21 computers to Champasakyouth union, 11 computers to Attapeu and Champasak provinces, and three housesto poor Lao youngsters.-VNA
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