Born in Hong Bac commune, A Luoi district of Thua Thien Hue province, a land rich in revolutionary tradition, the young girl always feels enthusiastic and proud to dedicate her youth to border areas in the Central province. After graduating from the Faculty of Literature at Hue University of Education, Thao volunteered to join the Young Volunteer Intellectual Team at the Defense-Economic Unit 92, wishing to apply her knowledge to helping local people.
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Le Thi Phuong Thao (third from the right) and members of the unit’s Women's Union offering water to troops in training |
When she first started working at the Military-Civilian Infirmary, she faced numerous difficulties because her duty was not related to her major. However, the young girl did not give up; she actively self-studied to hone her expertise and assisted the medical staff in providing care and treatment for the local people with dedication.
With the vanguard and voluntary spirit of youth, Le Thi Phuong Thao, along with the officers, staff, and young volunteer intellectuals of Defense-Economic Unit 92, have actively disseminated the Party's guideline, the State's policies and laws, and local regulations; encouraged people to change backward customs; and guided the locals to carry out household economic development models such as cattle raising and wet-rice cultivation. Based on knowledge acquired from university, Thao and her unit have organized meetings to disseminate the Traffic Law, the Law on Gender Equality, and Law on Marriage and Family to local people and students.
Talking about Thao, Lieutenant Colonel Pham Tat Dien, Head of the Political Division of Defense-Economic Unit 92, highly appreciated her professionalism.
According to him, the young girl has been trusted to teach languages and customs of the Pa Ko, Ta Oi, and Co Tu ethnic minority people to the unit’s officers and employees. Although she lacks extensive teaching experience, with good preparation, she had high quality lessons.
During the implementation of the “Officers and soldiers pave the way to school for children” program, Thao has personally comes to her unit’s adopted students' house to teach and encourage them to study. Thanks to the efforts, the students’ academic performance has significantly improved.
As the Vice President of the Women’s Union Organization of Defense-Economic Unit 92, Le Thi Phuong Thao has been active in activities and pro-actively made recommendation to her unit to carry out various programs in support to troops, local people and students.
With her obtained results, Thao was admitted to the Party. In 2024, she completed the first term of the Young Volunteer Intellectual program (2022-2024) with outstanding achievements, earning commendations from the unit's leadership. With youthful enthusiasm, she continued to volunteer to stay for the second term (2024-2026) to continue supporting the people and children in difficult circumstances, and further developing herself.
Colonel Nguyen Dang Tam, Deputy Political Commissar of Defense-Economic Unit 92, highly evaluated the high sense of responsibility, activeness, enthusiasm, and dedication of Thao. He added that she has well promoted the youth's pioneering role in task implementation, earning the trust of her superiors and the affection of everyone around her.
Translated by Tran Hoai