Malaysian students join summer campaign in HCMC

Malaysian side presents a souvenir to the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union.

Consul General of Malaysia in Ho Chi Minh City Wong Chia Chiann, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Youth Union Organization cum Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Federation of Ho Chi Minh City Ngo Minh Hai attended the event.

The international students participating in Ho Chi Minh City’s Green Summer 2022 Volunteer Campaign includes 72 Malaysian students who are members of the Malaysian International Student Volunteer Organization.

Within the framework of the program, they will work with more than 80 Vietnamese volunteer students from five universities in the city from July 10 to August 5 to implement the campaign in Hiep Thanh ward (District 12), Tan Nhut commune (Binh Chanh district), Hiep Phuoc commune (Nha Be district) and Tam Thon Hiep commune (Can Gio district).

On this occasion, they will organize activities to learn about the organization of the local Youth Union, the Vietnam Student Association of Ho Chi Minh City and the movements among the city’s youths and students; learn about culture, historical sites; and partake in exchanges with local Youth Union members...

Delegates and Vietnamese and Malaysian students in a joint photo

Besides, they will also visit and present gifts to heroic Vietnamese mothers, policy households; teach English for students; and help build and repair roads in rural areas.

The reception of Malaysian international volunteer students to Ho Chi Minh City’s Green Summer 2022 Volunteer Campaign contributes to the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Malaysia (March 30, 1973).

Via the activities, Malaysian students will have an opportunity to experience Vietnamese culture and know more about the people, contributing to building friendship, solidarity and camaraderie between Vietnamese and Malaysian youths.

Translated by Minh Anh