Many practical care activities
On May 31, at Rao Tre village (Huong Lien commune, Huong Khe district), Ha Tinh Provincial Youth Union coordinated with functional units to launch the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign and respond to the Month of Action for Children 2025. At the program, the organizing committee presented 15 "mobile swimming pool" projects, 1 children's playground, 1 community bridge, 200 social security gift bags and provided free medicine to hundreds of people, with a total value of nearly 1.8 billion VND.
On the same day, at the launching ceremony of the Month of Action for Children 2025 with the theme "Prioritizing resources to complete goals for children" organized by the People's Committee of Hue City, the Social Charity Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha of Hue City and Zhi Shan Foundation Taiwan awarded 80 scholarships (VND 1,000,000/scholarship) to children in difficult circumstances. On this occasion, Project VIE/039 - Smart Agriculture Adapting to Climate Change also awarded 200 life jackets and Vitadairy Vietnam Joint Stock Company awarded 250 cartons of milk to children in difficult circumstances.
In recent days, tens of thousands of gifts have been given by many units and organizations in Ho Chi Minh City to children in difficult circumstances at shelters, open houses, hospitals, residential areas, etc. Many organizations and unions also organize entertainment programs in residential areas for children. From May 30 to today, June 1, thousands of children in Ho Chi Minh City have kicked off a joyful summer at the 3rd Kids Fest 2025 at the Ho Chi Minh City Children's House. Joining her mother in folk games and making sand paintings, Nguyen Thi Tho (9 years old, living in Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City) is always smiling and excited. Thi Tho's mother said that because she is busy with her business, she rarely takes her child out to play. When she heard the neighborhood youth union said there was a children's festival and her child wanted to go, she took the opportunity to take her child to play.
On the occasion of International Children's Day June 1 and in response to the Action Month for Children 2025, the Ho Chi Minh City Children's Festival with the message "Children today - World tomorrow" took place on a large scale, with many suitable and attractive programs for children to kick off a series of summer programs for children in Ho Chi Minh City. This year, in addition to spaces, activities for fun, entertainment, and talent development, the Children's Festival has many spaces for families so that parents can interact with their children, helping to strengthen love, build a cultured and happy family,educate children to live green, aiming to connect and promote diverse social resources to care for and create the best conditions for children.
Listen and act
In the past few days, after picking up Nguyen Ngoc Tuyet Anh (a 9th grade student at Ha Huy Tap Secondary School, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City) from her review class for the upcoming exam, her mother took her to a practice session for the Kids Fest 2025 Children's Festival. Ms. Nguyen Nhat Thuy Khanh (Tuyet Anh's mother) has accompanied her daughter like that throughout her child's growth day by day. Previously, Tuyet Anh participated in practicing with the Ho Chi Minh City Children's House's Ceremonial Team for many months to serve the parade and marching ceremony to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, her father and mother also took turns picking her up and encouraging her... For more than 10 years, Ms. Thuy Khanh and her husband have always accompanied their child in her studies as well as participating in life skills, sports, and music classes. The result of love, encouragement, and motivation has helped Tuyet Anh always achieve high academic results. Recently, Tuyet Anh was one of three outstanding students of Ho Chi Minh City to receive the Kim Dong Award at the National Uncle Ho's Good Children Congress.
Accompanying, encouraging and sharing children to develop comprehensively is not only the responsibility and duty of parents, but also requires the joint efforts of the whole society and authorities at all levels. On May 30, Ho Chi Minh City leaders had a meeting to listen to the voices of children. This is an annual, meaningful and practical activity that Ho Chi Minh City has carried out for many years during the Month of Action for Children, International Children's Day, to listen to the opinions, thoughts and feelings of children. This year, many opinions expressed by children revolved around practical groups of issues such as: mental health of students, increasing the height of students in the city, nurturing the intelligence and capacity of citizens, improving environmental conditions... Comrade Nguyen Thi Le, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council, expressed that the program is an opportunity for the city's leaders to listen to the voices, thoughts and aspirations of children - the future owners of the city and the country. From the comments, the city will receive them for research, consultation and development into long-term strategies, with a vision to 2045.
On May 31, at Phu Tho Province Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital, the Ministry of Health coordinated with the People's Committee of Phu Tho Province to launch the Action Month for Children 2025 with the theme "Prioritizing resources to complete goals for children". At the launching ceremony, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan stated that children are the "green buds of the country", the future of the nation. To complete the goals for children as set out in the 2025 theme, it is necessary to prioritize and mobilize resources synchronously, effectively and sustainably, not only in terms of finance but also in terms of human resources, infrastructure, technology and the active participation of the whole society. The Minister of Health requested ministries, branches and localities to focus on investing and perfecting programs for children in the current period and building a long-term vision; strongly developing the grassroots health care network, school health care and mental health care for children, especially in difficult areas.
KHANH NGUYEN
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ngay-quoc-te-thieu-nhi-1-6-dong-hanh-uom-nhung-mam-xanh-post797678.html
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