Youth Pioneer Volunteerism For Community

(DTO) With youthful dynamism, enthusiasm and a strong sense of responsibility toward the community, young people in Dong Thap province in 2025 have joined hands with local authorities to effectively implement numerous volunteer projects and community-oriented initiatives.

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES IN FULL SWING

Under the 2025 theme “Dong Thap Youth Proudly and Steadfastly Follow the Party,” youth unions at all levels across the province have effectively rolled out movements and projects contributing to local development.

Notably, youth volunteer movements have been organized in a vibrant and widespread manner, attracting active participation and strong response from a large number of Youth Union members and young people.

During peak periods such as Youth Month (March), the anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26), and the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, youth organizations at all levels organized numerous “Green Sunday” drives and “Peak Day for Building Civilized Urban Areas,” combined with efforts to eliminate waste “black spots”; disseminate and mobilize residents to raise awareness of environmental hygiene; clear bushes; plant trees; dredge canals and ditches; and join local authorities in effectively implementing new-style rural area building and civilized urban development programs.

Over the past year, weekends and month-end days have become busier for Youth Union members and young people in My Ngai ward.

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and members have regularly launched environmental sanitation campaigns, collected and treated waste, and removed illegal advertising posters to ensure public order and urban beautification in residential quarters across the ward.

Mr. Do Huu An, Secretary of the My Ngai Ward Youth Union, said: “In 2025, through organizing two ‘Green Sunday’ campaigns, ‘Peak Day for Building Civilized Urban Areas,’ and multiple environmental sanitation drives, the ward Youth Union cleared tree branches obstructing visibility to ensure traffic safety along the 3-km North bank road of Nguyen Van Tiep canal in Hamlet 13, My Ngai ward; cleaned up the environment and eliminated waste ‘black spots’; planted more than 500 ixora plants along Ba Sao road and the small Ong Chiem canal road in the ward; and distributed 100 kilograms of biodegradable plastic bags and 100 cloth bags to small traders at Tan Nghia market.”

These activities have helped raise community awareness in building civilized urban areas, contributing to an increasingly orderly and modern urban landscape in the ward.

Meanwhile, youth in Doc Binh Kieu commune have focused their volunteer activities on new-style rural area construction and implementing the “Livable Countryside” model locally.

Mr. Tran Thanh Nam, Secretary of the Doc Binh Kieu Commune Youth Union, shared: “The commune Youth Union organized peak volunteer drives to carry out environmental clean-up, disseminate awareness among residents, present 400 waste-sorting baskets and 30 large trash bins to households in the residential cluster of Go Thap hamlet, and maintain and service lighting-green-clean-beautiful roads.”

PIONEERING INNOVATION FOR COMMUNITY WELL-BEING

Beyond organizing social welfare activities such as visiting and presenting gifts to policy beneficiary families, poor households and those in difficult circumstances, Youth Union members and youth organizations across Dong Thap province have taken the lead in launching creative, practical and sustainable initiatives for the community.

A typical example is the effective implementation of the “Volunteer Saturday” program. In 2025, Youth Union organizations at all levels across the province organized 36 “Volunteer Saturday” drives to support online public services, attracting more than 5,400 volunteer participants.

The Standing Board of the provincial Youth Union also directed the establishment of specialized volunteer teams to assist two-tier local administrations in handling administrative procedures, delivering public services and disseminating legal knowledge at the grassroots level.

As a result, 102 “Digital Literacy for All” teams were set up province-wide to serve as core forces at commune-level Public Administration Service Centers, along with two teams at the provincial level, drawing over 43,000 volunteer participants and assisting more than 245,900 residents.

The “Digital Literacy for All” movement has been widely rolled out with communication campaigns and digital skills training sessions. Across the province, 155 “Digital Literacy for All” teams were launched, alongside 669 teams in residential quarters and hamlets, with the participation of more than 3,500 Youth Union members and young people guiding residents in using online public services and implementing models such as “Market 4.0” and “Cashless Canteens/Shops.”

The provincial Youth Union coordinated with the Department of Justice to establish six teams to “Support Residents in Handling Administrative Procedures, Public Services and Legal Dissemination” for the 2025–2030 period. These teams also undertook additional tasks, including reviewing and updating data, renewing Party membership cards and deploying the “Digital Front” platform.

In 2025, the Truong Xuan Commune Youth Union assisted more than 3,000 residents in registering Level-1 and Level-2 electronic identification accounts (VNeID), facilitating the handling of administrative procedures in the digital environment, and supported over 300 applications for Citizen Identification Cards for children under six.

The commune Youth Union also coordinated guidance for Youth Union members and residents in installing and using cashless payment applications, with nearly 600 accounts set up, enabling more convenient transactions and exchanges.

Mr. Luu Trung Truc, Secretary of the Youth Union Branch of Hamlet 6A, Truong Xuan commune, shared: “In addition to providing on-duty support at the commune Public Administration Service Center, I actively engage in disseminating digital technology knowledge and guiding residents to install and use digital transformation utilities such as cashless payments and Level-1 and Level-2 electronic identification (VNeID) accounts.

“I also proactively participate in training courses to strengthen my knowledge so as to better support residents, contributing to bringing digital technology closer to the people.”

In addition, Youth Union organizations at all levels have implemented programs accompanying young people in study, start-ups and career development, as well as in the care and protection of children, through various effective activities and models.

Notably in 2025, Youth Union organizations mobilized resources to award more than 16,750 scholarships and gifts worth over VND 8.2 billion to disadvantaged pupils and students; organized 159 activities supporting start-ups, innovation and career orientation, benefiting over 35,000 Youth Union members and young people; and introduced employment opportunities to more than 85,000 youths.

Through Youth Union work and youth movements in 2025, the pioneering and volunteer role of Youth Union members and young people across the province has been clearly demonstrated in various fields.

These projects and initiatives not only generated tangible material value, embodying the dedication and intellect of the youth, but also received strong consensus and support from residents and local authorities, thereby making positive contributions to local development.

By MY XUYEN
Translated by X.QUANG