Vietnamese youngsters do voluntary work in Laos

Volunteers go to Laos for voluntary activities in 2019 summer. (Photo: hcmcpv.org.vn)

According to Le Hoang Minh, Head of the International Department under the Ho Chi Minh city Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the campaign will last until July 5^th in the two Lao provinces of Champasak and Attapeu, providing practical services and more comfortable life in Lao villages.

Under the campaign, the volunteers will give free medical check-ups and medicine, and eye surgery to 5,000 local residents; exchange healthcare experience with local health workers; provide cultivation and breeding technologies as well as free seedlings and agricultural production tools for 500 residents; and present scholarships and educational tools to disadvantaged children.

Additionally, a computer room will be presented to Attapeau province; a small reading room presented to the Pakse Friendship School; 2 houses to local families; and playground devices to the Vietnam - Laos Friendship School./.