The Youth Volunteer Campaign Summer in 2021 is being carried out by youth union members nationwide, ensuring the 5K principles of the Ministry of Health are upheld in the spirit of “pioneering, mutual assistance, and adaptation”.

The Youth Union's activities to support people across the country has raised more than VND181 billion during the fourth outbreak of the epidemic.

As of August 1, more than 28,000 volunteer squads had been set up to support concentrated quarantine areas; nearly 42,000 teams were operational, coordinating and assisting people in making medical declarations; and over 160,000 teams were supporting information dissemination on COVID-19 prevention and control.

As soon as the 19 southern provinces and cities began implementing social distancing according to Directive No.16 of the Prime Minister, youth unions in these provinces and cities quickly established 43 volunteer squads to support traffic and cargo clearance.

After two weeks, the situation regarding goods circulation at checkpoints had basically stabilised. Preliminary statistics show that the total value of resources mobilised for the work of supporting forces at 43 traffic checkpoints was over VND1 billion.

In order to practically accompany the youth and people affected by the epidemic, the Youth Union at all levels from central to local has launched many practical programmes such as “Sharing love- Joining hands to overcome the pandemic”, “Connecting agricultural products”, “Million meals”, etc.

In order to take care of children during the pandemic, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has created many initiatives and solutions and put them into practice.

A number of programmes have been implemented such as “Million glasses of milk and the journey of books”, “Sharing with children, joining hands to overcome the pandemic”; a drawing contest for children entitle “Confident Vietnam”, among others.