President Ho Chi Minh talks warmly with delegates attending the Patriotic Emulation Congress of the Northern Youth Volunteers in the resistance war against the United States (January 1967). (Photo: VNA)
State President To Lam meets with a delegation of former Youth Volunteer Force members on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the force’s Traditional Day (July 15, 1950 – 2024). (Photo: VNA)
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attends a gathering of the Long-haired Army, Thu Ha Army, and former female Youth Volunteers to mark 60 years of the Ben Tre Uprising and the 100th birthday of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces – General Nguyen Thi Dinh. (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and the Government delegation offer incense in memory of female Youth Volunteers at Dong Loc T-junction Historical Site, Ha Tinh (2010). (Photo: VNA)
During the resistance war against the US, over 280,000 young men and women volunteered to join the frontline with the resolve to “Carve across Truong Son to save the country,” “Wherever the battlefield needs, Youth Volunteers are present,” and “Wherever the enemy is, Youth Volunteers set out.” In photo: Female commando Nguyen Trung Kien (real name Cao Thi Nhip) leads tank soldiers of Division 10 (Corps 3) to seize Tan Son Nhat Airport on April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA)
0. During the resistance war against the US, over 280,000 young men and women volunteered to join the frontline with the resolve to “Carve across Truong Son to save the country,” “Wherever the battlefield needs, Youth Volunteers are present,” and “Wherever the enemy is, Youth Volunteers set out.” In photo: Fighters of the Khe Sanh detachment camouflage vehicles before the advance onto Saigon.
Youth Volunteers clear rocks and open the way for vehicles along the Truong Son route. (Photo: VNA)
During the resistance war against the US, over 280,000 young men and women volunteered to join the frontline with the resolve to “Carve across Truong Son to save the country,” “Wherever the battlefield needs, Youth Volunteers are present,” and “Wherever the enemy is, Youth Volunteers set out.” In the photo: Hero La Thi Tam stays at the strategic frontline day and night, counting enemy bombs, defusing them alongside her comrades, repairing roads, and ensuring traffic flow to the frontlines. (Photo: VNA)
0. Route 20 Quyet Thang in Quang Binh province is constructed under intense wartime bombardment. Despite severe air raids, military engineers and Youth Volunteers work around the clock to ensure traffic flow. The route has eight key points known as “fire coordinates.”
0. During the resistance war against the French, nearly 5,000 Youth Volunteer officers and members work day and night alongside armed forces, transport workers, logistics personnel, and ethnic minority communities in Viet Bac and Tay Bac to successfully complete key tasks. In photo: 21,000 cargo bicycles, 261,500 logistics workers, and various vehicles including trucks, boats, mules, and horses transport food, weapons, and ammunition to the Dien Bien Phu front (1954).
0. During the resistance war against the French, nearly 5,000 Youth Volunteer officers and members work day and night alongside armed forces, transport workers, logistics personnel, and ethnic minority communities in Viet Bac and Tay Bac to successfully complete key tasks. In photo: Artillery troops carry heavy weapons and artillery gear weighing tonnes on their shoulders to the northern border front in 1950. (Photo: VNA)
Historical witnesses from the “Three Readiness” movement, former female drivers of the Truong Son trail, and former Youth Volunteers of Route 20 Quyet Thang offer incense in memory of heroes and martyrs (April 23, 2025). (Photo: VNA)
Sixty savings books are presented to former Youth Volunteers of the Truong Son Corps during the programme “Vietnamese Youth – A Story of Peace” under the theme “Truong Son Trail – Road to Peace,” held on the evening of May 16, 2019 at the Youth Volunteers Monument against the US (Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province). (Photo: VNA)
President Truong Tan Sang presents the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces to Team 36 of the Youth Volunteers at the ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnamese Youth Volunteers by President Ho Chi Minh (July 15, 1950 – July 15, 2015). (Photo: VNA)
Youth Volunteer Force: A glowing symbol of revolutionary heroism and youth patriotism
Seventy-five years ago, following President Ho Chi Minh’s directive, the Central Youth Volunteer Team was founded on July 15, 1950 at Hong mountain, Dai Tu district, Thai Nguyen province. Throughout the two resistance wars against colonial and imperialist invaders and in the cause of national construction and defence, the Youth Volunteer Force made remarkable contributions to the country’s victories and achievements, composing immortal and glorious epics of the Ho Chi Minh era. The Party, the State, and the people will forever honour and remember the tremendous sacrifices and contributions of generations of Vietnamese Youth Volunteers.
