Like sunflowers...
Despite not being able to see the light, La Minh Truong radiates positive energy through his beautiful way of life, always striving upwards. Truong is currently the head of the Hanoi City Disabled Students Club. With his efforts and dedication, La Minh Truong is one of the outstanding students recognised by the Vietnam Student Association Central Committee among numerous union and association movements.
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La Minh Truong (far right) is one of the outstanding students who participated in the “Students with the Fatherland's Sea and Islands” journey in 2023, organised by the Vietnam Student Association Central Committee. |
La Minh Truong regularly participates in social activities for people with disabilities, hoping to connect and spread his positive spirit. At the same time, the student from Hanoi National University of Education is also constantly striving to learn to prepare for a stable future and realise his dream of becoming a psychologist.
Truong shared: “I want to become a psychologist, focusing on people with disabilities. From there, I can accompany many people in finding light in their lives.”
Born in 1994, a medical accident deformed Ha Bich Hao’s face during treatment for a hemangioma when she was small. Overcoming the prejudices of friends and those around her about her different appearance, Ha Bich Hao strived to realise her dream of becoming a teacher.
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For Ha Bich Hao, living beautifully means always having a dream. |
Driven by the desire to do something to help children with disabilities, she founded the “Mam and Friends” fund and organised a small class group for children with special requirements for early intervention. Ha Bich Hao is also managing a project for Helping Vietnam Children, a non-profit charity organisation that provides free surgery for children with congenital disabilities or accident sequelae in the northern mountainous provinces.
On her face, which still bears traces of the terrible illness, her smile is not perfect, but Hao’s eyes still light up with simple happiness and hope for good things. She shared: “I know I have disadvantages, but that’s nothing compared to so many people out there. For me, the most unfortunate thing is not having a dream. If one day I no longer have goals to strive for, that's when I feel most unhappy.”
Working together to make the countryside “bloom”
In remote rural areas, some young people cherish the desire to start businesses and get rich in their homeland.
After getting married in 2012, Lang Van Quy and Lo Thi Hao had to relocate to the resettlement area of the Hua Na Hydropower Project in the central province of Nghe An. Life in the new residence was difficult and lacking in every way. Despite wondering whether they should stay on the land and in the forest or not, in the end, the couple decided to attach to the place.
Lang Van Quy shared: “My hometown still has many advantages for economic development, so I decided to stay there to raise livestock and encourage youth union members and local people to develop the economy. My family was the first household to raise fish in cages. Some people follow our model, and there are currently 15-16 households raising fish in cages."
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Lang Van Quy and Lo Thi Hao are happy with their worthy labour achievements. |
The young couple also researched, learned, and applied science and technology to fish farming. To date, in addition to a herd of cattle worth over 300 million VND, his family’s biggest asset is more than 20 fish cages, earning hundreds of millions of VND each year.
Having accumulated experience, Hao and Quy enthusiastically advise people in Phu Duoc Village, Dong Van Commune, Que Phong District, and Nghe An to organise experience-sharing sessions on fish farming and forestry with young people in the commune to jointly develop the local economy.
Today, in many places across the S-shaped strip of land, many young people are striving day and night to live beautifully and to rise up for themselves and the community. Living beautifully has become the way of life of Vietnamese youth through generations.
