Young volunteers welcome Hanoi’s anniversary in Laos

The Young Volunteers’ Summer Campaign 2010 launched by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) of Hanoi concluded in Hatsaiphong district in the Lao capital city of Vientiane on July 24 with fine outcomes.

The six-day campaign aimed to boost friendship and cooperation between the HCMCYU of Hanoi and the Vientiane Youth Union and mark the 1,000 th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi, said Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi HCMCYU Nguyen Hong Dan, who is also Chairman of the Hanoi Youth Association.

The delegation provided free medical check-ups and medicines for more than 1,000 people and presented gifts for beneficiaries and families living in difficult circumstances. Two sets of computer and a number of sports equipment were also handed over to children in Vientiane during the campaign.

The Hanoi HCMCYU partnered with the Vientiane Youth Union to build a club for Phothon school as a joint work of the two capitals’ young people to celebrate Hanoi ’s millennial anniversary.

The Vietnamese volunteers took part in cultural and sports activities and exchanged experiences in youth union work with the Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union.

This is the fourth successive year the Hanoi HCMCYU has organised voluntary activities in Laos , contributing to bolstering the special solidarity between the two nations./.

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