The youth delegation offered incense in commemoration of President Ho Chi Minh at the President Ho Chi Minh's Memorial House in the Safety Zone (the revolutionary base during the national resistance war against French colonialists) in Dinh Hoa district; presented gifts to Dinh Bien Kindergarten and 5 national contributors' families; repaired and embellished the five-door tunnel relic site (Tham Tang village, Dinh Bien district); and participated in a cultural exchange program with youths in Dinh Bien district. The trip aimed to promote the Vietnamese tradition “When drinking water, remember its source”; arouse patriotism and national pride of youths, and help them better understand the historical tradition for they could have a high sense of responsibility for their study and work. Presenting gifts to Dinh Bien Kindergarten * The Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN HCMC) held a meeting to mark the 88th founding … [Read more...] about Various activities in response to Youth Month
Military youth programs
Military units to hold gratitude activities for Tet 2019
The program will be organized by the Military Youth Board under the General Department of Politics, in association with the Vietnam Border Guard High Command’s Political Department, military services, military regions, and localities across the country. Photo: bienphong.com.vn Accordingly, military units will visit, inquire after and present gifts to on-duty units, disseminate information about the country’s borderlines, seas and islands and the heroic tradition of the military to troops and local people, honor individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in social welfare activities, and host sports and artistic exchanges. In addition, the organizers will send medical missions to provide free health checkups, health counseling, medicines and surgeries as well as hand over gratitude houses to local disadvantaged people and troops’ relatives. Translated by Van Hieu … [Read more...] about Military units to hold gratitude activities for Tet 2019
Ten outstanding activities of military youth in 2018
Here are the Top 10 programs. 1. All military units seriously embraced and implemented resolutions and action plans of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Congresses at all levels. They held tens of thousands of meetings and exchanges, over 1,500 festivals and gala nights in praise of patriotism and the beauty of the country and the people, and hundreds of training courses for officers in charge of Youth Union work. At a closing ceremony of a training course for officers in charge of Youth Union work 2. Youth Union organizations in the military actively responded to the Military Youth Emulation Movement in the period of 2017-2022, with focus on promoting their vanguard role, enthusiasm and creativity to carry out effectively training and combat readiness and unit-building missions as well as seriously observing laws and military discipline. Many initiatives of the military youth have been applied effectively to reality. 3. Young soldiers in the whole military joined … [Read more...] about Ten outstanding activities of military youth in 2018
Ho Chi Minh City launches military semester program for “little soldiers”
More than 100 “little soldiers”, who are children of disadvantaged servicemen and servicewomen, youth union officials, and needy households in the city, are enrolled in the course. The organizing panel handing over hats for little soldiers During the week-long military course, they will train in basic survival skills, military discipline, physical exercise, rescue skills, and practical operation. Additionally, the students will also join other activities, such as presentation, teamwork, art exchange programs, visiting Historical Relic Site in Can Gio district, writing diaries and writing letters to their families, lighting candles for fallen soldiers in the Sac forest, and presenting gifts to students in Can Thanh school. The program aimed to provide children with basic understanding of the army life and People’s Army tradition of heroism, as well as educate them about the national pride, solidarity and love. The program also support them in … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City launches military semester program for “little soldiers”
Youths actively implement military-defense tasks
Currently, the unit is managing and exploiting many types of modern helicopters such as Mi 171-V, Mi 172, EC-155B1, EC-225, Super Puma L2, Cabri G2, AW-189. At the end of this year, the unit will put into use the Bell-505 Helicopter. Army Corps 18 operates in many localities of the country as well as provides flight services to foreign markets such as Norway, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Cambodia, and Laos. In order to effectively exploit the modern technical equipment and meet the requirements of assigned tasks, young officers of Army Corps 18 consider command of foreign languages as a key to modern science and technology. To get this done, the troops try hard to study foreign languages through training programs and courses held by the unit and take advantage of holidays to participate in other courses. Besides, young officers of the unit are also the leading force in improving professional qualifications, particularly flying skills, and aviation … [Read more...] about Youths actively implement military-defense tasks