More than 11 million young people participate in the 2025 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign

Photo caption — First Secretary of the Central Youth Union, Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Bui Quang Huy (right) and Secretary of the Central Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Students' Association Nguyen Minh Triet chaired the conference. Photo: Hanh Quyen/ VNA

At the Conference, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Bui Quang Huy shared that the 2025 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign not only continues and effectively implements traditional activities but also demonstrates the strong transformation of the youth of the whole country. In the context of many important events taking place in the country, the image of youth volunteers has been present everywhere, at all times, in line with the spirit of "wherever needed, there are youth, whatever is difficult, there are youth", thereby affirming the role of vanguard, creativity, and readiness to take on new and difficult tasks, stemming from the high requirements of reality.

Taking place from May 31 to August 31, 2025, the 2025 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign attracted the participation of 11,369,890 union members and young people (an increase of 5.4% compared to 2024). During the campaign, the entire Union deployed 23,879 youth projects at all levels, with a total value of more than 310 billion VND.

Each program and branch campaign has its own mark, aiming to serve the community and promote the strengths of each youth force. In the "Supporting the exam season" campaign, the Provincial and City Youth Unions have established 6,565 teams with 327,737 volunteers to support two major exams. In particular, the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2025-2026 school year has 2,826 teams with 121,092 soldiers, while the high school graduation exam has 3,739 teams with 206,645 soldiers participating. The teams also support new students in enrolling, finding accommodation, and awarding "Supporting students to school" and "Willpower for exam season" scholarships.

The “Green Summer” campaign gathered 3,871 student teams with 331,146 people at 884 universities and colleges. The teams cleaned the environment, planted trees, built rural roads, lit up rural roads, organized summer activities for children, taught skills to prevent drowning, digital transformation and community tourism . There were 107 teams with 2,443 students coordinated to support communes and wards in border areas.

Along with the student force, high school students actively responded to the movement through the "Red Flamboyant" Campaign, attracting 3,224 teams with 303,123 soldiers at 4,189 high schools, vocational education and continuing education centers, focusing on cleaning classrooms, planting trees and supporting exams.

The “Pink Holiday” campaign has 3,446 teams with 167,628 soldiers from 8,524 agencies and units, carrying out many civil works, medical examinations, giving gifts, donating blood, planting trees, supporting digital transformation, building “Charity Houses”, “People’s Bridges”. The Central Youth Union organized a central-level campaign in Lang Son with many practical activities such as “Mock Trial”, “Volunteer Saturday”, donating computer rooms and playgrounds for children.

The "Green March" campaign deployed 2,925 formations with 295,067 soldiers, organized legal propaganda, supported crop harvesting, concretized border lines, cleaned the sea and many grassroots mass mobilization activities.

Not stopping at traditional activities, this year's Campaign recorded many new points, reflecting the rapid adaptation of young people in the context of comprehensive digital transformation. From July 1 to August 31, the whole country established more than 25,000 teams with nearly half a million volunteers to support more than 4.1 million people in performing online public services. The teams undertake three main tasks: Supporting officials in processing electronic records; guiding people in electronic identification and popularizing digital skills through the model of "Digital Education for the People" and "Community Digital Technology Team".

In particular, the youth volunteer force participated in supporting the operation of the government in 248 communes, wards, and border special zones. The whole country established 209 teams with 21,015 volunteers, after more than 2 months, they supported 107,901 people in border areas to access public services. Along with that, 7,465 teams participated in updating data, exchanging cards for 2.17 million party members, 6,500 teams accompanied 396,744 people using the "Digital Front" platform.

Along with digital transformation activities, the youth of the whole country are also present in more difficult fronts - from constructing key projects to responding to natural disasters, serving major national events. Responding to Plan 390 of the Central Youth Union, the youth of the whole country participated in the construction of the Lao Cai - Vinh Yen 500kV Transmission Line Project with 44 teams, 3,503 union members contributing to mobilizing people to relocate, clearing the route corridor, dismantling 193 works, ensuring the set progress.

In the work of natural disaster prevention and control, 1,426 teams with 32,514 members participated in responding to and overcoming the consequences of storm No. 5, evacuating 12,380 households, reinforcing 8,217 houses, repairing 196 km of rural roads, and restoring electricity and water to hundreds of thousands of households.

On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, in Hanoi, 8,800 volunteers served the national celebration, participating in the Vietnamese Youth Parade, leaving a beautiful, disciplined and professional image.

The "Digital Education for All" movement has spread strongly in all 3,321 communes, wards, and special zones, with more than 10,000 teams, supporting 7.11 million people, exceeding the target by 110%. The "AI Education for All - AI Popularization" program attracted 130,813 students, of which 72,723 were granted certificates, affirming the pioneering role of youth in national digital transformation.

Looking back at the entire process, it can be seen that the 2025 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign has ended with many clear marks: Larger scale, innovative content, flexible methods, and widespread effectiveness. The results achieved continue to affirm the mettle, pioneering spirit and responsibility of Vietnamese youth in the period of strong national transformation.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/hon-11-trieu-luot-thanh-nien-tham-gia-chien-dich-thanh-nien-tinh-nguyen-he-2025-20251010190531903.htm