The secretariats of the Vietnam Youth Federations of Hoa Binh and Thai Binh provinces jointly held a ceremony to launch the volunteers programme Winter 2023 - Spring 2024 in Yen Thuy district (Hoa Binh province), on December 16. The programme is held annually targeting disadvantaged people in remote, isolated areas.
Officials take part in a ground-breaking ceremony to build a charity house in Sao Vot hamlet, Lac Sy commune, Yen Thuy district.
At the event, organisers handed over 20 gift sets to social policy beneficiary households, 20 gift sets and blankets to children from disadvantaged backgrounds with good academic performance.
As many as 100 Vietnamese maps were presented to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) committee and the Vietnam Youth Federation chapter of Yen Thuy district.
Hoa Binh province’s young entrepreneurs association provided a funding worth 50 million VND (2,000 USD) for constructing a charity house for a poor household in Lac Sy commune.
Nguyen Thi Van Trang, author of the book "Letter under the pillow", gifted 500 sets of warm clothes to impoverished children in the locality.
Within the framework of the volunteers programme, the HCM CYU committee and the Vietnam Youth Federation chapter of Thai Binh mobilised 200 million VND (8,200 USD) for poor people and children in Yen Thuy district and assisted with the construction of a youth work project worth 10 million VND in the province.
Union members participate in planting "Youth trees" programme in Thong Nhat hamlet, Lac Sy commune, Yen Thuy district.
Several activities were held after the launching ceremony, including free medical checkups and medicine for 250 poor people and children, inauguration of some youth construction works, a job orientation session for students and members of youth unions, among others.
Creating jobs for labourers in general and young people in particular is currently a focus of the province, with vocational training linked to job creation considered one of the strategic breakthrough solutions.
A total of 30 intergenerational self-help clubs (ISHC) have been established in Hoa Binh province under the project "Reducing Income- and Health-Related Vulnerability of Older Persons in Vietnam" (VIE071) since 2021.
Nguyen Thi Nu, a resident of Thach Ly sub-area in Da Bac township of Da Bac district, has been popular in the area as a simple woman that is rich in compassion. For nearly 10 years, she has spread her kindness through many charity activities to ease difficulties for the needy.
Voluntary blood donation (HMTN) is a noble and humane gesture. 24 years ago, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 43/2000/QD-TTg on mobilizing and encouraging Voluntary blood donation and designated April 7 every year as "All-People Voluntary blood donation Day”. This is an important milestone in the movement of voluntary blood donation, creating a strong change in the awareness and action at all levels of the government and people from all walks of life.
Yen Thuy is aiming to become a new-style rural district by 2025. To achieve this goal, the district has been mobilising the entire political system and local people to early fulfil required criteria.
From a normal bamboo tree, Nguyen Van Nam in Yen Tri commune, Yen Thuy district has transformed it into a "bamboo dragon". His works have been present in many countries.
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