Young people volunteer in building new-styled rural areas

Contributing to the development of rural areas

In the 2021-2025 period, Bac Giang Provincial Youth Union focused on expanding youth economic development models, pilot models in building new rural areas and civilised urban areas, recording many positive results. Volunteer activities were vigorously implemented, aiming at building advanced new rural areas and model new rural areas.

In addition, young people across the whole province actively participated in the volunteer project on eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses, contributing to the construction of rural infrastructure; established volunteer youth intellectual teams to accompany the new rural construction program; and simultaneously launched in peak periods such as Youth Volunteer Day to join hands to build new rural areas. From 2021 to now, the whole province has deployed the construction of more than 5,000 youth projects with a total value of more than 28 billion VND.

Along with that, Bac Giang Provincial Youth Union also actively supports rural youths in starting businesses through deploying capital sources, coordinating to organise training on startup knowledge, and connecting product consumption. Currently, the whole province effectively maintains 21 cooperative groups, 12 youth cooperatives, and 315 economic development models led by youths. These results are thanks to the attention and close direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels, along with the close coordination of units in implementing the national target program on new rural construction.

In addition, realising the key role of digital transformation in agricultural and rural development and building smart new rural areas, in recent times, the youth of Bac Giang Province have proactively implemented many practical activities. Notably, consulting and implementing the digitisation of historical relics in the province.

At the same time, volunteer teams were established to support people in processing more than 10,000 online administrative procedures, while also supporting the installation of 100 free Wi-Fi points in public places and cultural houses to serve the needs of people in accessing information, study support, and entertainment. In particular, Bac Giang Provincial Youth Union has proactively connected with 40 content creators on social networking platforms to promote local products, thereby successfully consuming more than 4,000 orders.

Young people protect the environment

In recent years, in response to the National Target Program on New Rural Development, the Bac Giang Provincial Youth Union has directed all levels of the youth union to promote the implementation of the “Bac Giang youths join hands to protect the environment, respond to climate change” movement and “Green Sunday” — launching environmental sanitation, planting trees, making murals on village roads and alleys — with the enthusiastic participation of a large number of youth union members and young people.

The Bac Giang Provincial Youth Union and local schools have closely coordinated, bringing “green living” educational activities into extracurricular and experiential programs. Many activities promoting creativity have been widely responded by students, such as competitions to make household items and toys from scrap, fashion shows from natural materials, collecting trash for trees, etc.

Continuing to promote the achieved results, while educating the younger generation, raising people's awareness of environmental protection, the provincial youth union directed all levels of the youth union to actively propagate and persuade people to change their behaviours and living habits that are harmful to the environment; encourage union members and young people to register for green start-up projects; build production and processing models towards green and clean agriculture; actively coordinate to participate in inspection, supervision, and denunciation of environmental violations and response to climate change; and commend and reward outstanding examples of good environmental protection work.

In early 2025, the provincial youth union organised an environmental protection communication contest with the theme “For a Green Bac Giang” to spread meaningful messages and actions for a green future! At the end of May, in Tan Yen District, the provincial youth union organised the 2nd Green Sunday Launch in 2025 with the participation of 300 youth union members. At the launch, volunteers participated in the following activities: donating 100 environmentally friendly bags; 100 plastic lanes; organising the planting of 5,000 trees in Ngoc Thien Commune; launching two models of traditional markets to reduce plastic waste; and constructing a 3km long youth flower road.

In the coming time, Bac Giang Provincial Youth Union is determined to continue promoting communication work on new rural criteria suitable for each stage, close to the orientation of Party committees, authorities and steering committees for new rural construction at all levels. In particular, it will focus on spreading good models, creative ways of doing things, promoting the application of science and technology, transforming the structure of crops and livestock, creating conditions for young people to rise up and get rich.