More than 5,000 volunteers and young people of Hanoi participated in social activities on Sept. 11 in the lead up to the city’s 1,000th founding anniversary.

Over 100 young doctors from 25 hospitals provided free medical check-ups and treatment for more than 1,000 beneficiaries of social policy, who are former volunteer youths, war invalids, family members of fallen combatants and poor children.

A large number of students and young people donated more than 1,000 units of blood to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

Others collected waste, rode bicycles around the Hanoi Old Quarters to disseminate information about the protection of the environment or removed illegal advertisements on streets in Hoang Mai and Cau Giay districts.

Meanwhile, 1,000 students of the Nhat Nam Vietnam martial art sect gave a public performance and 1,000 young people showed dancing and singing talents.

On this occasion, the Hanoi Union of Young People presented 1,000 national flags to officers and soldiers on the Truong Sa islands and the city’s Young Entrepreneurs’ Association granted scholarships worth totally 500 million VND to 1,000 poor students./.