Hanoi (VNA) – The fourth nationalcongress of the Vietnam Ex-Youth Volunteers Association took place in Hanoi onDecember 14.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen PhuTrong, former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc, and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan sent flowers tocongratulate the congress.
Vu Trong Kim was re-elected as Chairman of theassociation for the 2019-2024 tenure.
He said more than 554,200 former youthvolunteers are living across localities.
Over the past five years, the association hascoordinated with relevant agencies to identify 944 fallen soldiers and 921wounded ones, he added.
Thanks to donations of organisations andindividuals, the association has built 4,200 houses worth over 215 billion VND(9.23 million USD) for the needy, along with 8,000 savings books worth 287billion VND, and over 380,000 gift packages worth about 180 billion VND.
There are over 13,000 models where ex-youth volunteers do good business andhelp each other escape poverty sustainably, generating jobs for nearly 40,000labourers, mostly children of former youth volunteers./.