Hanoi (VNA) – The 2024 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) drew more than 10.7 million union members and other youngsters, up 65.1% compared to 2023, heard a conference held by the Union's Central Committee on September 24 to review the campaign.
This year, the annual campaign took place from May 27 to August 31, becoming the 25th edition with a large number of activities spreading across the country, leaving a positive impression in the society.
Ten out of the eleven targets of the campaign were achieved and surpassed. The campaign provided startup knowledge for at least 200,000 youngsters, and supported 700 startup projects.
The campaign’s activities contributed to educating union members and other youngsters, while raising their political awareness through activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory and the 55 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament.
During the campaign, 1,870 provincial-level, nearly 5,000 district-level, and nearly 43,000 grassroots-level projects were implemented at a total cost of about 774 billion VND (31.53 billion USD).
A new feature of this year’s campaign is youngsters’ active participation in new, difficult, and important national projects, including the construction of the Quang Trach-Pho Noi 500kV Circuit-3 power transmission line project.
Besides, the Union's members have joined hands in overcoming consequences of natural disasters in affected localities./.
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