Summer volunteer imprint

These days, in the exciting atmosphere of the "Summer Youth Volunteers" Campaign, young people from many localities across the country are always present in difficult areas, enthusiastically competing to achieve results through "double tasks" to support local governments at two levels.

Youth union members and volunteers from localities support people at the Public Administration Service Center of Bat Xat commune ( Lao Cai ).

Under 500kV line

For many years now, the people of Hang Da village (Xuan Quang commune, Lao Cai province) have been familiar with the family situation of Mrs. Tran Thi Ben, whose husband is a soldier infected with Agent Orange dioxin, and 2 out of 3 children suffer from the after-effects. After many years of hard work, Mrs. Ben and her children now have a spacious, solid house located under the power grid safety corridor. 500kV Lao Cai-Vinh Yen is under urgent construction.

Grasping the above situation, the Youth Union officials and members of the Youth Union and youth of Xuan Quang commune proactively visited, propagandized and encouraged Mrs. Ben's family to move out of the dangerous area.

According to the Secretary of the Youth Union of Xuan Quang Commune, Vu Van Long, there are currently about 10 households in the locality within the area of land clearance for the project. The commune’s Youth Union has worked with the authorities to assist people in relocating their residences, outbuildings, and barns.

Participating in a tree-cutting and clearing session on high hills covered with industrial trees, Ha Thi Ngoan, a student in Lang Bong village (Xuan Quang commune), said: Clearing the land in hot weather mixed with showers is not easy, but I am very happy to work with my friends to help the people.

Director of the Lao Cai-Vinh Yen 500kV Transmission Line Project Management Board Do Quang Khai said: Since the start of construction, the project has faced many difficulties, especially due to the constantly changing weather, which has caused great obstacles in digging foundations and erecting poles. Youth union members and volunteers have made a very important contribution not only in promoting the significance and role of the project, but also as a valuable resource to speed up the site clearance progress, providing effective support for wire pulling.

Secretary of Central Youth Union, Chairman Vietnam Student Association Nguyen Minh Triet said: To ensure the effectiveness of this peak emulation period, the Central Youth Union has clearly grasped the requirements of "four on-site" for volunteer teams: on-site command board, on-site force, on-site machinery and human resources, and on-site logistics. The Central Committee of the Vietnam Student Association has directed the Student Associations of academies, universities, and colleges to strengthen the "Green Summer" volunteer team in 2025 to 31 communes with projects.

Friendly and people-friendly public administration

Since early morning, the Public Administration Service Center of Bat Xat Commune (Lao Cai) has been bustling with people coming and going. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Quang, nearly 70 years old (residing in Group 1, old Bat Xat town) said: I am a poor household, illiterate, each time I do procedures it takes 2-3 days, sometimes a whole week. But now, with the enthusiastic support of commune officials and union members, youth volunteers, all procedures are processed in half an hour.

Politely welcoming the elderly at the entrance of the Center, quickly operating the phone to support ethnic minorities, female volunteer Ho Minh Truc (Giay ethnic group) said: Before participating in the work, I and the young people all attended related training courses. There is a lot of work, but I am very happy because I feel useful.

Secretary of the Youth Union of Bat Xat commune Vu Van Giang said: During the day, we take turns supporting people to carry out procedures at the Center in the new commune and some reception points in the old communes, and in the evening, we take turns going to people's homes to guide them to get acquainted with technology and operate on smartphones...

Similarly, volunteers from Xuan Quang and Phong Hai communes (Lao Cai) are also actively deploying many teams to support the operation of two-level local governments.

Secretary of the Youth Union of Xuan Quang Commune, Vu Van Long, said: After the arrangement, the local government has arranged two points to carry out administrative procedures for the convenience of the people. At each point, there are always at least three members and youth volunteers on duty to support the people.

Meanwhile, female youth leader of Phong Hai commune Tran Kim Thoa shared that currently, the commune's youth are operating two parallel teams with 20 volunteers at two public administrative service centers, even though the two locations are more than 13km apart with many difficult travel sections.

Many people, after receiving the QR code to access and submit documents at the National Public Service Portal, suspected that they had been scammed. After the volunteers explained clearly, they proceeded with the necessary procedures. In addition, many people did not have smartphones, bank accounts or did not carry cash. Volunteers patiently explained and then guided people to pay money in appropriate ways. "Some people even paid small fees for people," said Tran Kim Thoa, Secretary of the Phong Hai Commune Youth Union.

According to statistics from the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union , since the beginning of July, the whole country has had about 4,800 teams with more than 241,000 union members, youth volunteers and nearly 730 "Green Summer" student volunteer teams simultaneously deployed to support the operation of the two-level government. This is the peak period of Vietnamese youth, taking place in July and August 2025, with priority focus on 286 communes, wards and special zones associated with the border. Notable examples include Hanoi with 126 teams and nearly 3,760 volunteers supporting people in completing public administrative procedures; Ho Chi Minh City organizing digital skills classes for the elderly; the "Technology Translation Team" model helping ethnic minorities in Lang Son and Nghe An provinces; " Digital Technology Corners" operating day and night in Hai Phong city; more than 1,000 specialized teams of the People's Public Security Youth Union and more than 1,600 sessions to popularize digital skills for more than 170,000 union members...

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