Participants of the volunteer programme pose for a group photo before departure (Photo: kinhtedothi.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi’s young people on July 29 headed towards the Lao capitalcity of Vientiane for an annual volunteer programme.
The programme, which has been launched for 11 consecutive years, also aims markthe 22nd anniversary of the signing of the agreement on friendship betweenHanoi’s youth union and its Vientiane counterpart.
The Hanoi delegation includes 35 members who are officials in charge of youthunion affairs, nurses, doctors, agricultural experts and students.
During their stay in Vientiane, the youths will exchange experience in youth unionaffairs with their Lao counterparts, provide free-of-charge medical check-upsand medicines for 1,000 locals and guide them how to prevent diseases and injuries.
They will also transfer breeding technologies to local farmers, visit and presentgifts to social policy beneficiaries and needy people, and engage in a range ofcultural and sport exchanges.
Within the framework of the programme, they will help to repair two classroomsand two rest rooms in a local school, and install electricity in another schoolin Xaythany district.-VNA
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Participants of the volunteer programme pose for a group photo before departure (Photo: kinhtedothi.vn) 
