Bicycle journey “From hearts to eyes” concluded

PANO – A ceremony to review the bicycle journey “From hearts to eyes” 2016, with its slogan “Joining hands for the community”, was held on July 15^th at the Ho Chi Minh City’s Youth Cultural House.

Presenting certificates to volunteers

The event was jointly organized by Economic Company 28 of the Ministry of National Defense, Nguyen Trai and Cho Ray hospitals, 115 Emergency Center, the Military Printing Company No.2. At the ceremony, the organizing panel handed over commemorative medals to outstanding individuals and groups and certificates to volunteers.

Over 70 volunteers and 30 artists took part in the journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Long An and Ben Tre from July 9^th to 15^th. Apart from practical social skills training for volunteers, the journey also left an impression on locals’ hearts with various meaningful social activities. The tour’s doctors conducted free eye surgeries for 137 cases and provided free health check-ups to 700 people while the panel presented a gratitude house (worth VND 40 million) and gifts to policy beneficiaries, scholarships to disadvantaged children, and organized cultural exchanges and built playgrounds for children.