The only female union official of Nghe An nominated for the Ly Tu Trong Award in 2020

Making the Youth Union stronger and stronger

Passionate about working in the Youth Union since her school days, during her time studying in Hung Nguyen or when she became a university student, Cao Thi Hang (born in 1986) has always been a prominent figure in Youth Union activities.

Along with her outstanding academic achievements, Hang became a typical representative of her home province to attend the National Congress of Advanced Youth Following Uncle Ho's Teachings in 2009. After completing her university program, Hang returned to her hometown to work with the Youth Union as a full-time cadre since 2013 and continuously held important positions in the Hung Nguyen District Youth Union.

Cao Thi Hang in the volunteer program "Warm Winter, Volunteer Spring" visited and gave gifts in Nam Can commune - Ky Son. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Hang and the members of the Executive Committee of Hung Nguyen District Youth Union have together built an action plan for youth in each block suitable to the actual conditions of the grassroots. Therefore, youth in the Agencies Block, Schools Block and Rural Block all have active activities in the fields of social security, party member development, start-up support...

Along with that, Cao Thi Hang has researched local realities to build an initiative on "Solutions to improve the quality of Youth Union activities and youth movements in Hung Nguyen district in the period of 2019-2024". This topic was recognized by the District People's Committee as a grassroots-level experience initiative in 2019.

Passion for volunteering

Through volunteer activities, Cao Thi Hang and the youth of Hung Nguyen district play an important role in accompanying, sharing and helping many unfortunate lives across the province. Photo: Hung Nguyen District Youth Union

Identifying that gathering union members and youth to effectively participate in volunteer activities and contribute to building the homeland is a regular and important task, Cao Thi Hang is the person directly urging the clubs to follow the rules.

Every Tuesday, at Hung Nguyen District General Hospital, it is not difficult to see Cao Thi Hang and local union members wearing green volunteer shirts to distribute porridge to inpatients here.

Since its inception, the Hung Nguyen District Charity Porridge Club has had 684 volunteers participating, distributing 20,000 bowls of porridge to patients, with a total fundraising amount of more than 170 million VND. This achievement is the result of the persistent efforts of Hang and the members of the Club with the hope of being able to accompany and share with unfortunate circumstances in their locality.

There are many meaningful tasks that Hang is the advisor and leader of, together with Hung Nguyen youth, to leave a mark of initiative and volunteerism, such as 10 district-level youth projects, dredging canals, collecting duckweed, repairing 25 playgrounds for children...; 115 grassroots-level youth projects and more than 800 youth projects and tasks at the branch level.

Cao Thi Hang was honored at the 2019 Provincial Ly Tu Trong Award Ceremony. Photo: Hung Nguyen District Youth Union

In recognition of Cao Thi Hang's efforts, Nghe An Provincial Youth Union proposed that the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union award the Ly Tu Trong Award to Cao Thi Hang. This is a spiritual motivation for her to constantly improve her ethics and hone her skills to follow in the footsteps of generations of exemplary local youth union cadres - those who laid the first foundation in consolidating and promoting the strength of the Youth Union - Pioneers - Associations at all levels.

The Ly Tu Trong Award is a noble award of the Central Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union presented to branch secretaries; deputy secretaries, grassroots-level youth union secretaries; cadres directly involved in youth union work and youth movements at the district level with outstanding achievements in labor, work, youth union work and youth movements.

From 174 applications from 65 provincial, municipal and affiliated unions, the Award Selection Council selected 82 outstanding Union officials nationwide to honor at this year's award ceremony. Representing Nghe An is Comrade Cao Thi Hang - Secretary of the Hung Nguyen District Union.

The 2020 Ly Tu Trong Award Ceremony will take place in Hanoi on March 23-24.