Tens of thousands of students join summer voluntary campaign in HCM Ci
Tens of thousands of students join summer voluntary campaign in HCM City
Nearly 60,000 students in Ho Chi Minh City have registered to participate in the 2019 Green Summer voluntary campaign launched by the municipal committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) at a ceremony on July 7.
HCM City (VNA) – Nearly 60,000students in Ho Chi Minh City have registered to participate in the 2019 GreenSummer voluntary campaign launched by the municipal committee of the Ho ChiMinh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) at a ceremony on July 7.
At the ceremony, Vice Secretaryof the HCM CYU municipal committee Ngo Minh Hai said the 26th editionof the annual campaign this year will be implemented in 319 wards, communes andtowns of HCM City, 15 Vietnamese provinces and Laos.
Seven goals have been set for thecampaign, which will last until August 4, including building and repairing 50 housesfor the poor, repairing home electrical wiring for 500 families and building100 play grounds for children. The volunteers will hold classes on socialskills for at least 15,000 children, teach IT and foreign languages to at least5,000 others, and recruit 10,000 new members for the Vietnam Youth Union andthe Vietnam Students’ Association.
In the city, teams will be setup to build and repair 10 bridges in rural areas, dredge 7 canals and build newtoilets for three schools.
Immediately after the launchceremony, volunteers joined in communication activities to promote the reductionof plastic waste and littering, along with clean up several canals in the city.–VNA
The Secretariat of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee announced its plan for the upcoming summer voluntary campaign, which runs from June 3 to August 31.
The HCM City chapter of the Vietnam Youth Federation on July 15 held a ceremony to launch the 25th “Green Summer” voluntary campaign, attracting more than 60,000 students to social activities.
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