President Vo Van Thuong attended the event to meet and praise exemplary summer volunteers in Ho Chi Minh City for 30 years – Photo: Hu Han
The meeting was also attended by Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Nan, Central Youth Union First Secretary Bui Quang Hui and standing members of some provincial and city party committees. The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union said more than 200 delegates participated in the event related to summer volunteer activities.
Reunion of summer volunteer troops of all periods
Ho Chi Minh City Youth Association leaders welcome delegates to attend the event – Photo: Huế Hanh
The representatives selected to participate in the program are the Exam Relay Program, Blue Shirt Tutors and volunteers from two periods of volunteer campaigns: Green Summer, Red Royal Poinciana, Pink Holiday, Onion Green Army.
In addition, there are writers, artists and press reporters who have been involved with Ho Chi Minh City’s summer volunteer movement for the past 30 years.
In particular, some of the delegates represent thousands of military families who have been closely associated with generations of volunteer soldiers in the city since the first days of the Summer Cultural Light campaign in 1994.
The meeting just started in a friendly and open atmosphere. Especially with President Vo Van Thuong, this can be called a “homecoming”. He was the former secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union from March 2003 until he was appointed secretary of the 12th District Party Committee by the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee in November 2004.
In particular, while serving in many different positions and positions in the City Youth Union, President Vo Van Thuong was the commander of the city-level Green Summer volunteer campaign from 1999 to 2002.
Rural street lighting project inaugurated by Ho Chi Minh City Green Summer soldiers in Ben Tre in 2023 – Photo: QL
In addition to recognizing and praising exemplary summer volunteers, the event is expected to be a place to meet and interact with volunteers of all ages and foster families who have made numerous contributions and engagements in programs and campaigns. 30 Years of Summer Volunteering for Ho Chi Minh City Youth.
It is also an opportunity to exchange, share and listen to ideas and suggestions for voluntary activities and movements of the youth of the city in the times to come.
Youth are always listened to by city leaders
President Vo Van Thuong spoke at the meeting – Photo: Huu Hanh
President Vo Van Thuong said that through many positions and many workplaces, he clearly feels that although the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union is the origin of many creative movements of the country’s youth, each official always has high demands for himself. Is. ,
It is this need that has always helped you to explore and think of activities and movements that meet social needs and real life situations.
According to the President, like nowhere else, youth are always listened to and consulted by leaders on many of the city’s key issues.
And when the youth have not brought anything new, have not done anything new, then the city leaders “blame” the youth for this! The President said that this is a great inspiration for the youth in their development journey.
From the position of someone who lived in the middle of the movement, Mr. Thuong said he was very pleased with the name “Uncle Ho’s Students”, which many village elders, village heads and rural area people used to describe Ho Chi Minh City’s volunteer soldiers. Let’s call. ,
However, Mr. Thuong said that this is also a volunteer, but we need to think differently and have higher requirements in the current context.
He cited that with Ho Chi Minh City’s per capita income target reaching US$15,000, what will the youth do and what should they do?
The President recalled each and every name of the musicians, journalists and youth association officials who have been associated with the volunteers over the years with unforgettable and lasting memories and said that he was filled with joy and emotion when he met them today.
Mr Thuong believes that Thanh Doan is not just the name of an organization, but should be the image of young people who are ready to move forward and contribute. He said that this is the only city level union organization in the country which has been honored with the title of Nayak twice.
He hopes that each Youth Union official in particular and the youth of the city in general will make more new achievements to meet the aspirations of the youth, which will be in line with the expectations of the city leaders.
“I hope you will continue to think of new movements that can be replicated across the country, evoking as many emotions as the generations before me and after me have done,” the President reminded in concluding the event.
Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Nan spoke at the meeting – Photo: Huế Hanh
Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Van Nan said the meeting took place in a friendly and warm atmosphere to remind each other of the long and extremely meaningful journey of the city’s youth.
And he thanked the President for coming to this meeting, believing that the youth of Ho Chi Minh City will be more inspired through the President’s personal experience when there was a vibrant youth period in Ho Chi Minh City before. .
Secretary Nguyen Van Nan said that volunteer activities have left many good memories and deep, unforgettable impressions.
He said that he read many diary pages, saw many photographs of volunteer soldiers and was very impressed, he felt as if he was a child again when he was present at the event.
“Volunteerism has confirmed the role and position of youth in the construction and defense of the fatherland and the construction of the city. Especially in the recent COVID-19 pandemic prevention, the image of frontline forces and youth is very clear,” Mr. Nan said.
30 years of summer volunteering has attracted more than 5 million union members and youth
Speaking at the event, Phan Thi Thanh Phuong, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, said volunteers are ready to commit and continue soldiering activities in both depth and breadth.
From the summer cultural spotlight of 1994, it has grown into six volunteer programs and campaigns that have attracted more than 5 million union members and youth to participate over the past 30 years.
Phan Thi Thanh Phuong, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, speaks at the event for the President to meet generations of volunteers – Photo: Huế Hanh
“The volunteerism has proved the creative thinking and tenacious spirit of the youth union and the association. Summer volunteer activities create new momentum for the youth movement” – assessed Ms. Phan Thi Thanh Phuong.
According to the secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, many volunteer products with deep expertise were born, professional activities and volunteer soldiers continued to implement them. This has created greater trust and support from people, businesses and leaders for youth activities.
Present at the meeting, Mr. Pham Van Dang – who has raised forces for many years in Thanh Binh Hamlet, Thanh An Commune (Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City) – said that in the early days of Summer Cultural Light, his family used to make tiles. The terraced house welcomed student volunteers to eradicate illiteracy for the people.
During the day, everyone goes to the beach, and in the evening, they come back to participate in literacy classes taught by student volunteers.
Later also many friends came to visit and the couple were invited to attend the wedding. For grandparents, friends are like children and grandchildren in the family.
“You people have come to this island commune to help my wife and many other relatives learn to read and write. He is very precious. So even though the situation was very difficult at that time, we and the students ate together, lived together, whatever we had at home, it was okay to sleep next to each other,” Mr Dang said.
memories of youth
Nguyen Hoang Nang, former secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, commander of the Cultural Light Summer 1994, shares memories about volunteering – Photo: Huế Hanh
Ms Bui Thi Thuy Bac (Ben Tre) said that volunteering freed her from being a shy person who would only stand and cry every time she gave a speech, making her braver and more confident.
She confirmed that the days of working and volunteering at the Youth League were a beautiful, wild period of youth.
What’s even more heartening is that during those volunteer days, she found the joy of her life. He is the commune youth union officer in Cho Lach district (Ben Tre) and is, as he said, gentle and honest. The happiness of that young couple increased manifold when their children were born.
“My family is now a volunteer family, as our oldest daughter married a Green Summer soldier, and our family welcomed our grandson,” Ms. Beck said.
Memories of volunteerism are like invisible strings that take many soldiers back to the difficult early days, when students were the only people with the sole task of eradicating illiteracy.
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Nang – former secretary of the Youth Union, commander of the 1994 Summer Cultural Lighting Campaign – said that sometimes it is just a bunch of vegetables or eggs, even if the family is quite tough, they still make it with the help of student volunteers. Save it for. ,
It is a great kindness, immeasurable, that has drawn generations of student volunteers during each campaign season. But there are plenty of stories that have been told endlessly over the last 30 years.
Dr Tran Van Khanh: “The specialized team has helped us leverage the students’ expertise in each key area, helping more people” – Photo: Huế Hanh
Meanwhile, Dr. Tran Van Khanh, director of Le Van Thinh Hospital, remembers that we were concerned about how to leverage the expertise and strengths of each school’s students so they could help people most.
And to solve that problem the special team method was born. There, polytechnic students work building roads and bridges, academic students teach, and medical students assist doctors in examining and treating people.
“I always remember that while going to the doctor, some people said that it had been a long time since they knew what a medical checkup was, which inspired us to travel more, sometimes during the summer. Traveled throughout three months.” , Dr Khan said.
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