On March 5, the Trade Union of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee officially began the work to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. The work included planting many trees and installing bookshelves featuring publications on President Ho Chi Minh and national leaders; the traditions of the Union; professional skills for youth union members; and start-up knowledge, among others.
Also, on the same day, the Provincial Youth Union, Youth Federation, and the High Command of the Border Guards of the central province of Nghe An jointly organised a programme entitled “March in the Border” in the highland commune of Muong Ai, Ky Son District.
At the program, the organisers handed over a set of computers to the officers and soldiers of the Muong Ai Border Guard; over 3,000 notebooks to students living in difficult circumstances; medical equipment and 3,000 masks, 50 bottles of antiseptic solution to officers and soldiers at two COVID-19 anti-epidemic posts.
Also on March 5, in the district of Bat Xat in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, the Bat Xat District Youth Union organised activities in response to Youth Month 2021 with the participation of nearly 200 members and young people.
The union presented five gifts worth VND5 million each to needy households in the district; planted trees along border roads; donated five tonnes of cement and directly participated in the construction of more than 300 metres of rural roads; visited and presented gifts to two border guard posts protecting against the COVID-19 epidemic; and presented 100 national flags and gifts to the A Mu Sung Border Guard station.
The Youth Union of Agencies and Enterprises of the northern mountainous province of Son La has recently awarded 10 scholarships to needy youth union members, and five gifts to policy beneficiary families in Chieng Ngan Commune, Son La City.