The 2011 Green Summer volunteer campaign from July 17 to August 14 has drawn the participation of more than 50,000 students from 322 wards in 24 districts of Ho Chi Minh City, Central Highland provinces, the Mekong River Delta and Laos.

The campaign aims to promote patriotism among students, respond to the 2011 Youth Year and Year for Children, and encourage students to take part in the country's socio-economic development.

Volunteers will plant 50,000 trees, build 100 friendship houses, grant 500 scholarships, provide free medical treatment, and present 50,000 pioneer scarves, books, study materials to poor students.

Thirty-two volunteers from HCM City have left for mountain villages in Laos to build friendship houses, distribute medicine, and transfer technology, aiming to consolidate the solidarity between Vietnam and Laos. 

Source: VOV