Students of Chau Van Liem Secondary School (O Mon Ward) in a traditional activity to learn about the Vietnam Youth Volunteer Force in April 2025. Photo: Q. THAI
Traditionaleducation for the younger generation
At the ceremony to celebrate the 74th anniversary of the day Uncle Ho presented poems to the Vietnamese Youth Volunteers (March 28, 1951 - March 28, 2025), Mr. Tran Quoc Pham, Chairman of the Association of Former Youth Volunteers of Can Tho City (old) reviewed the historical significance of the day Uncle Ho presented poems to the Vietnamese Youth Volunteers. That was on March 28, 1951, on the way to inspect the traffic security work serving the campaign in the Viet Bac resistance zone, Uncle Ho visited the Youth Volunteer Unit 312. Here, Uncle talked intimately, advised and presented the Youth Volunteers with 4 verses: "Nothing is difficult/ Only fear of not being steadfast/ Digging mountains and filling seas/ With determination, it will be done". Uncle Ho's four verses are the teachings, recognition, and conveying the deep trust and affection of the Party and Uncle Ho for the Youth Volunteers and the young generation of the whole country. Immediately after that, Uncle Ho's poetry was absorbed by the Youth Volunteer Force, who fought side by side with the armed forces, not afraid of hardship, serving the resistance war and directly participating in combat, contributing to the cause of national liberation and national construction.
According to Mr. Tran Quoc Pham, there were more than 650,000 people participating in the Youth Volunteer Force, bravely paving the way, serving in combat and directly fighting the enemy on battlefields and key areas. In the North, there was the "Three Ready" movement, in the South there was the "Five Volunteers" movement, the Youth Volunteer Force contributed to the cause of national liberation and national construction. Following Uncle Ho's instructions, former Youth Volunteers of the city stepped up propaganda and mobilized members to actively participate in patriotic emulation movements. Notably, they coordinated with the City Youth Union to organize activities to educate the youth about revolutionary traditions in many forms: seminars, exchanges with historical witnesses, and journeys to the source.
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Vien, Secretary of the Youth Union of Can Tho University of Technology, said: "On every holiday or anniversary, the Youth Union organizes visits and presents gifts to former Youth Volunteers so that students can clearly understand the role, significance and revolutionary movements of the youth during the resistance war against foreign invaders and the period of national construction."
Ms. Le Hong Dao, a former Youth Volunteer Force in Cai Khe Ward, is a familiar face to students of Can Tho University of Technology. Joining the Youth Volunteer Force in 1965, she not only enthusiastically set out to defend the Fatherland, but also gathered 36 young volunteers to go to the Southeast battlefield, joining the Youth Volunteer Force with the task of carrying ammunition, clearing the way and sometimes having to fight directly with the enemy. "I want young people to understand and be more proud of the patriotic tradition of the nation in general, the spirit of volunteering, being ready to defend the Fatherland even at the cost of the losses and sacrifices of previous generations of Youth Volunteer Force" - Ms. Dao confided.
Currently, the Association of Former Youth Volunteers of Can Tho City (old) is arranging and completing a project to merge the Association of Former Youth Volunteers of Soc Trang and Hau Giang provinces (old) according to the Party's policy. After completing the organizational structure, the Association at all levels will strengthen and expand the gathering of former Youth Volunteers members, promote the role of historical witnesses to coordinate with the Youth Union to better educate the younger generation about revolutionary traditions.
Volunteer for the community
Towards the 75th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Vietnam Youth Volunteer Force (July 15, 1950 - July 15, 2025), which is also the climax of the Youth Volunteer Campaign launched by the youth of Can Tho City, the volunteer spirit of the Youth Volunteer Force is continued to beautify and spread by the young generation through practical works and tasks for community life. Typically, the Youth Union of Nam Can Tho University has implemented more than 1,030 youth works and tasks since 2022; carried out 436 scientific research topics among students; organized 9 programs to return to the source and educate historical traditions for young union members. In particular, the highlight is that the youth volunteer movement continues to be innovated, focusing on areas that used to be revolutionary bases, border areas, and islands.
According to Mr. Pham Vi Khanh, Deputy Secretary of the Youth Union of Nam Can Tho University, the volunteer team for the homeland's sea and islands this summer was deployed in Tho Chau special zone (An Giang province) from July 5 to 12. The team carried out many activities: visiting and giving gifts to families with meritorious services, implementing the project "Lighting up the homeland's sea and islands", guiding people on digital transformation, registering accounts to use online public services and digital applications to respond to the movement "Digital education for the masses".
In addition to the “front” in Tho Chau special zone, the Youth Union of Nam Can Tho University also carried out summer volunteer activities in 19 other “fronts” in provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region and Dak Lak province, with more than 600 volunteer students participating. The activities focused on building civilized urban and new rural areas; activities for social security, focusing on the gratitude movement, caring for ethnic minorities, families in difficult circumstances and building useful summer playgrounds for children.
Students from Nam Can Tho University volunteer to repair roads in Tho Chau special zone, An Giang province. Photo: Contributor
In localities and units, young people are the vanguard force carrying out many good deeds, taking the lead in socio-economic development tasks and taking the lead in the field of science and technology, associated with the political tasks of the city. Mr. Le Trung Hieu, Secretary of the Ninh Kieu Ward Youth Union, said: "As soon as the two-level government was put into operation, the Ward Youth Union established a Youth Volunteer Team to support people in accessing online public services; providing advice and guidance on administrative procedures; installing digital applications such as electronic payments, VNeID and other digital platforms". At the same time, in 103 communes and wards in the city, youth volunteer teams simultaneously launched to support the operation of the two-level government. Young people were assigned to work during office hours at the Administrative Service and Digital Transformation Center, contributing to the construction of e-government, towards digital government.
With the spirit of volunteerism, the city's youth have also launched 10 teams to participate in the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign in provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta, Dak Lak and 2 islands, Tho Chu and Hon Chuoi, with over 30,000 young people participating. The campaign will take place from now until the end of August 2025, focusing on activities to care for social security, volunteer to build new rural areas and urban civilization. In particular, the "Digital Education for the People" movement has been widely deployed, with activities to guide people in digital transformation, safe use of social networks and basic office software. Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City, emphasized that the campaign is organized in the context that our country is promoting digital transformation, rapid and sustainable socio-economic development, and the requirements for young people are increasingly higher. Therefore, the effective organization of this campaign is of great significance in training and fostering ideology, ethics, life skills and spirit of dedication for the young generation.
In the coming time, the Youth Union at all levels will continue to coordinate with the City's Association of Former Youth Volunteers to promote traditional education activities so that the younger generation can understand and be proud of the revolutionary past traditions of their fathers and brothers, thereby being confident, steadfast, and ready to volunteer to build the city to develop further.
QUOC THAI
Source: https://baocantho.com.vn/sang-mai-tinh-than-xung-phong-a188503.html
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