Besides the provision of loans, HCYU, a socio-political organisation of Vietnamese youth, has offered job consultancy to over 100,000 young people and helped thousands of others secure jobs by introducing them to employers.

In an effort to help poor communes, the HCYU has since early this summer mobilised voluntary youth in a nationwide campaign to build, repair and upgrade 1,500 km of rural road and more than 6,500 houses for poor households, including those of former youth volunteers who took part in the country’s struggle against foreign invaders in the past.

The union’s members have also responded to a blood donation campaign since early June, donating more than 28,000 blood units.