Spring color of border

Update: 14-01-2023 | 11:25:27

Determining the meaning and importance of the campaign "Sentimental attachment for border areas and islands" launched by the Youth Union Central Committee, provincial Youth Unions at all levels have organized many exciting activities towards border areas, thereby raising awareness of young people about the cause of defending national sovereignty; tightening the people-military relationship while sharing difficulties with people in border provinces where still have many difficulties.

Spring coming to the border

On the last days of the year, the Youth Unions of districts, towns and cities in the province organized trips of youth to remote border areas. On the bus trips, luggage was not only meaningful gifts, but also full of affection from Binh Duong people to officers and soldiers who work hard day and night in border areas.

Provincial Agencies – Enterprises Bloc’s Youth Union organizes the “Volunteer spring" program in Loc Ninh district’s Loc Hung commune in Binh Phuoc province

Passing hundreds of kilometers, the bus took Youth Union members of Tan Uyen town and provincial Agencies and Enterprises Bloc’s Youth Union to Loc Hung commune in Binh Phuoc province’s Loc Ninh district. In the visiting place, doctors and nurses of provincial General Hospital’s Youth Union provided free medical check-ups and medicine for 200 local people and children. Here, the delegation also gave 60 Tet gifts, 52 warm clothes, 5 scholarships and more than 1,000 old clothes with a total cost of more than VND 100 million for the local people.

Under the "Volunteer winter” program 2022, the "Volunteer Spring" program 2023, provincial Business Bloc’s Youth Federation in collaboration with the Trade Union, Youth Union of Wonderful Sai Gon Electrics Co., Ltd. visited and gave gifts for officers, soldiers, Youth Union members of Dak O Border Guard Station in Binh Phuoc province. Accordingly, the delegation presented 20 bunk beds, 100 sets of blankets and pillows, 100 fans, 50 gifts and cash with a total cost of VND 150 million. The delegation also paid a visit to the Vietnam - Cambodia border landmark and cleaned up the area of the landmark.

Nguyen Phuc Hau, Pernament Vice-Secretary of provincial Agencies-Enterprises Bloc’s Youth Union said: "The program was organized to share and encourage the spirit of people in difficulty and officers, soldiers at the border guard station. With that spirit, the program has had a strong influence on many individuals and organizations. Up to now, many units have joined the program, with increasing scale and value. Through these activities, young people of provincial Agencies-Enterprises ‘Youth Union have upheld the spirit of volunteer, “mutual affection, love affection” …

Along with the youth of Tan Uyen town and provincial Agencies-Enterprises Bloc’s Youth Union, the youth of Di An city also organized the "Volunteer Spring" program at Bu Gia Map primary school in Binh Phuoc province’s Bu Gia Map district. Here, the delegation gave away 30 dream bags, 30 helmets, 2,000 notebooks, 30 warm clothes, 30 tables for students and 50 gifts for students and disadvantaged people in Bu Gia Map district, with a total value of more than VND 70 million. The delegation also visited officers and soldiers of Dak Ka border station. Here, Di An city’s Youth Union gave gifts for the soldiers.

Vo Cao Tri, Vice-Secretary of Di An city’s Youth Union said: “This is the annual activity of the Youth Union for the twinned unit of the Dak Ka Border Guard Station. The program has contributed to tightening the sentiment between the youth of the city and soldiers at the Dak Ka border station; sharing and helping people with difficult circumstances in border areas”.

Volunteer, mutual affection, mutual love

In 2011, the Youth Unions of Binh Duong and Lao Cai provinces signed an agreement to tighten the relationship between the two provinces in general and the youth of the two provinces in particular. At the end of each year, Binh Duong’s youth people organize trips to Lao Cai, bringing warmth to dispel the cold in the headland of the country. During this trip, right on the occasion of the successful celebration of the 12th National Youth Union Congress for the 2022-2027 tenure, provincial Youth Union Standing Committee, provincial Youth Federation Secretariat organized the program "Volunteer winter" 2022 and "Volunteer Spring" program 2023 with such meaningful and practical tasks as donating a "Youth lighting up rural road" work worth VND50million; awarded 2 playgrounds for children in the highlands" worth VND 10 million in Bao Yen district and Si Ma Cai district; awarded 20 scholarships worth VND 10 million to poor-but-excellent students and 200 warm clothes to students in Bao Yen district’s Xuan Hoa commune. At Phan Xi Pang Secondary School in Sa Pa town, the delegation also awarded 20 scholarships worth VND 10 million and 200 warm coats to poor-but-excellent students.

Tran Bao Lam, Permanent Vice-Secretary of provincial Youth Union, Chairman of provincial Youth Union said: "The program aims at responding to the movement of "I love my fatherland", promoting the voluntary role of Binh Duong youth in participating in socio-economic development, hunger eradication and poverty alleviation, contribution to ensuring the local social welfare. The program has created an environment for Youth Union members to practice, devote and grow up, contributing to strengthening solidarity among Youth Union members. Hopefully, the practical and meaningful works, playgrounds, gifts from Binh Duong provincial Youth Union’s officials and members will partly help students in Lao Cai province get more energies and efforts to rise up in studying and training…”.

Reported by Vuong Pham-Translated by Kim Tin

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