Local, foreign students cycle for humanitarian work
More than 200 university and college students from Ho Chi Minh City
are making a bicycle trip to the Mekong Delta to undertake humanitarian
work in underprivileged areas.
More than 200 university and college students from Ho Chi Minh City
are making a bicycle trip to the Mekong Delta to undertake humanitarian
work in underprivileged areas.
The 1,100- km day trip, which started on July 12, is being joined by five students from Japan, China, Singapore, Estonia, and Portugal.
The students will travel through 10 cities as well as the province of Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang, Kien Giang, Hau Giang, Can Tho, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre and Tien Giang.
During the 37-day journey, they will make several stops to hand out life jackets and 10 scholarships worth 1 million VND (48 USD) each to local children as well as medicines to local residents.
They are scheduled to help local communities to rebuild dykes, unclog canals, upgrade roads, and plant trees in mangrove forests.
The trip was co-organised by the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans, First News Company and the Green Future Organisation.-VNA
The 1,100- km day trip, which started on July 12, is being joined by five students from Japan, China, Singapore, Estonia, and Portugal.
The students will travel through 10 cities as well as the province of Long An, Dong Thap, An Giang, Kien Giang, Hau Giang, Can Tho, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre and Tien Giang.
During the 37-day journey, they will make several stops to hand out life jackets and 10 scholarships worth 1 million VND (48 USD) each to local children as well as medicines to local residents.
They are scheduled to help local communities to rebuild dykes, unclog canals, upgrade roads, and plant trees in mangrove forests.
The trip was co-organised by the Association for the Support of Vietnamese Handicapped and Orphans, First News Company and the Green Future Organisation.-VNA
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