Ham Rong Ward Veterans' Association talks about tradition with union members and youth at Ham Rong Victory Youth Volunteers Monument.
Imbued with Uncle Ho's teachings, with the spirit of 3 readiness: Go anywhere when the Fatherland needs, do anything when the Fatherland requires and sacrifice anywhere for independence, freedom and building socialism, generations of Youth Volunteers have been present in the most difficult places and always excellently completed the assigned tasks. Particularly for the Youth Volunteers of Thanh Hoa , in the 2 resistance wars, there were 641 martyrs, nearly 4,000 wounded soldiers, 3 Heroic groups and 9 Heroes of the People's Armed Forces.
In April 2005, the Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee issued a decision to establish the Thanh Hoa Association of Former Youth Volunteers. After 20 years of operation, the Association of Former Youth Volunteers of the province has held 4 congresses and currently has more than 52,000 members operating in 166 wards and communes in the whole province. Thanh Hoa Youth Volunteers is also proud to be assessed by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of Former Youth Volunteers as the 5th best unit in the country: Having the largest number in the country (75,000 Youth Volunteers in the resistance war, 26,000 Youth Volunteers concentrated in the locality), fighting in the fiercest key areas, having the earliest Youth Volunteers representative board, being the locality with the Youth Volunteers force awarded the title of Hero of the Armed Forces by the State the earliest in the country (2009) and being the most outstanding unit of the Vietnam Youth Volunteers for 20 consecutive years.
Chairman of the Provincial Association of Former Youth Volunteers Le Van Thanh said: Promoting the tradition of Uncle Ho's soldiers, generations of former Youth Volunteers of Thanh Hoa have done many practical things to learn and follow the ideology, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh. The focus is on doing well the work of comradeship;educating the tradition of patriotism for the younger generation; being exemplary, actively participating in the activities of the association and the locality with the spirit of "Living happily, living healthily, living for comradeship"; setting a good example of following Uncle Ho's words in many fields. Typical examples include actively participating in building new rural areas, civilized urban areas with activities such as cleaning the environment, taking care of flower and tree streets; doing irrigation to both raise funds for charity activities and serve production development; raising piggy banks; donating animal breeds, introducing and creating jobs for children of members; giving gifts to members in difficult circumstances; participating in resolving regimes and policies for members...
Notably, the Association of Former Youth Volunteers has played a good role as a historical witness, closely coordinating to resolve policies for cadres and members. Up to now, over 50,000 former Youth Volunteers have received one-time subsidies (1.5 million or 2.5 million VND/person), over 1,000 people have received regular subsidies, thousands of people have received funeral expenses, nearly 100% of Youth Volunteers who participated before April 30, 1975 have received health insurance and are continuing to propose that the Party and the State have policies and guidelines for former Youth Volunteers who participated in overcoming the consequences of war and building a new economy after April 30, 1975; 3,627 people have received war invalids benefits, 641 Youth Volunteers have been recognized as martyrs, 381 people have received dioxin-infected benefits, and 6 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers are relatives of Youth Volunteers martyrs.
Former Youth Volunteer Nguyen Van Thuan in Quang Binh commune shared: "After many years of losing documents, I and many of my teammates were helped by the association to complete the procedures and settle the one-time policy, and were issued health insurance cards for medical examination. We really appreciate the kindness of the association for caring and wholeheartedly serving the members."
Building the "Comradeship" fund is one of the key and core activities of the Veterans' Association at all levels. As of early July 2025, the grassroots associations have built a fund of more than 95 billion VND, an average of 1.8 million VND/member. This amount is saved by the grassroots associations or lent to members to develop production and business, contributing to poverty reduction, and the interest is used to visit and help sick and disadvantaged members. In addition, the associations also build a piggy bank movement launched by the Women's Working Committee at all levels to help each other.
In implementing social security, the Provincial Association of Former Youth Volunteers has also actively mobilized groups and philanthropists such as: Bau Oi Fund, Thien Tam Fund - Vingroup Corporation, Charity Fund of Vietnam Transport Trade Union, Thanh Hoa Electricity Construction Joint Stock Company, Tien Phong Newspaper... At the same time, it launched a campaign for members to contribute to the fund to build charity houses. Over the past 20 years, the association at all levels has supported the construction of more than 1,000 charity houses, each worth 30 - 60 million VND; repaired 200 houses, each worth 5 - 25 million VND; mobilized the donation of 2,700 savings books, each worth 2 - 5 million VND and thousands of gifts for lonely, sick, and disadvantaged former Youth Volunteers, families of war invalids, martyrs, and Vietnamese Heroic Mothers...
To preserve and promote the fine traditions of the Youth Volunteer Force, the association proactively coordinates to organize many trips back to the source to visit old battlefields; undertakes projects and tasks of the Youth Volunteer Force such as taking care of cemeteries, martyrs’ memorials, revolutionary relic sites; propagates and educates the glorious historical traditions of the Party, the army and the Youth Volunteer Force to the younger generation. Thereby, entrusting, giving opportunities and trust to the younger generation - the ones who inherit the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.
Promoting the tradition of 20 years of operation, the Provincial Association of Former Youth Volunteers has been awarded the Third Class Labor Medal, twice received the Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister, 20 consecutive years received the excellent emulation flag of the Central Association, many consecutive years received Certificates of Merit from the Central Association, the Provincial People's Committee, and the Fatherland Front at all levels.
Article and photos: Le Ha
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/trach-nhiem-nghia-tinh-254855.htm
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