Red Cross Volunteer Youth camp opens

The fourth National Red Cross Volunteer Youth Camp opened at Nha Rong wharf, Ho Chi Minh City, on August 2 attracting the attendance of 600 young people from voluntary missions nationwide. 

The camp participants (Photo: VNA)
The camp participants (Photo: VNA)
The camp also finds the participation of foreign peers from the Red Cross and Crescent societies of Malaysia, Maldives, Laos, Japan, Singapore and Thailand. 
Organizers of the three-day gathering are going to take the young people on numerous sight-seeing and educational trips to teach them of the country’s glorious history.
Some of the destinations include Nha Rong wharf, Revolutionary Museum, Independence Palace, War Remnants Museum, Cu Chi tunnel and Can Gio revolutionary base. 
Competitions on first aid skills, communication proficiency and teamwork display are also on the agenda. 
On this occasion of the Action Month for AO Victims in August, campers will visit and present gifts to Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims and venerable people. 
On August 3, they will be joined by over 5,000 Red Cross volunteers in Ho Chi Minh City in a walk showing support for AO victims and people with disabilities. 
Nguyen Hai Duong, President of the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC), said the festival honours kind-hearted young people and encourage more good deeds to be taken for disadvantaged people. 
According to VRC, Vietnam has 239,000 volunteers and 3,290,000 Red Cross young members.
VNA
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