Chinh urged the Youth Union to coordinate with the Ministry of Health to provide testing and vaccination against COVID-19 for volunteers working for the programme.
The Youth Union held a ceremony to launch the “One million welfare bags” programme on Tuesday, during which the union received 94,000 "welfare bags" and "welfare medicine bags" worth 23.3 billion VND (1 million USD) in total donated by businesses, organisations and individuals.
The Secretariat of the Youth Union Central Committee handed over 20,000 "welfare bags" worth 5 billion VND to disadvantaged people in Ho Chi Minh City, which is the current largest pandemic hotspot. Another 61,400 "welfare bags" worth 15.35 billion VND were presented to needy people in southern Dong Nai province.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society grants 800 welfare bags to HCYU Central Committee (Photo: VNA)

On the occasion, the programme debuted its portal www.trieutuiansinh.doanthanhnien.vn, making it easier for organisations and individuals to make donations. The programme has been carried out since August 20 in cities and provinces applying social distancing measures to support people in disadvantaged circumstances.