The organizers presented gifts to 100 primary students from poor families and 20 scholarships to needy students of ethnic minority groups (Photo: VNA) Dong Thap (VNA) – “Thang Ba bien gioi” (The border in March) – a programme tosupport needy local residents in border areas – was held in Hong Ngu districtof the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on March 31.
The organizerspresented gifts to 100 primary students from poor families, families of woundedsoldiers and martyrs, along with 20 scholarships to needy students of ethnicminority groups.
More than 500locals in Thuong Thoi Tien town and Thuong Thoi Hau A also received free healthcheck-ups and medicines.
Within theprogramme’s framework, the organizers also built one swimming pool and fourentertainment facilities for local children.
A monumentcommemorating border guards who laid down their lives during the Southwestborder war was built at Cau Muong border post in Thuong Thoi Hau B of Hong Ngudistrict.
Nguyen NgocLuong, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee,said that this year, the annual programme, which was first held in 2013, willtake place in Dong Thap and the northern province of Ha Giang.
Along withvisiting border guards, the programme also organizes a number of culture-artand sport exchange activities between children, youngsters and border guards,and calling on youngsters to engage in building public works to contribute tothe implementation of socio-economic tasks in each locality.
The programmealso aims to raise awareness of the youth on their role and responsibility in nationaldefence in the new period.-VNA
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