Society

'Lighting up the future of faith' for drug addicts

Thanh Quynh - Sy Bach • January 18, 2025 12:40

On January 18, Nghe An Provincial Youth Union and the Vietnam Youth Union organized the program "Lighting up the future of faith" in 2025 for nearly 150 students at Phuc Son Voluntary Drug Rehabilitation Center (Anh Son).

học viên cái nghiện2 — Attending the program were comrade Ho Phuc Hai - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, representatives of Anh Son District Police and relevant departments and offices. Photo: Sy Bach

Programme"Lighting up the future of faith"This is an annual activity of the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee - Secretariat of the Vietnam Youth Union of Nghe An province to promote the role and responsibility of the Youth Union - Association at all levels and units in coordinating education, promptly encouraging and helping drug addicts reintegrate into the community, have a stable life, contributing to reducing the rate of crime and law violations.

Phuc Son Voluntary Drug Rehabilitation Center is a public service unit under the Nghe An Provincial Youth Union, located in Tien village, Phuc Son commune, Anh Son district, with the function of receiving, organizing treatment, drug rehabilitation, health recovery, managing drug rehabilitation students and vocational training for post-rehabilitation students to reintegrate into the community. Currently, the center is receiving more than 200 students.

In recent times, the Youth Union and Association of Nghe An province at all levels have always determined that accompanying drug addicts to reintegrate into the community is a necessary and important task to motivate students to overcome their inferiority complex, have the will to rise up and be determined to quit drugs to soon reintegrate into the community, return to their families and relatives to start a new life without drugs, and become useful people for society.

học viên cái nghiện — Giving gifts to students with good achievements. Photo: Sy Bach

At the program, representatives of the Provincial Youth Union and the Provincial Youth Union also listened to the thoughts and wishes of the students towards the government agencies, functional departments and branches, and towards the staff and teachers at the facility. At the same time, 20 gifts were presented to 20 students with good achievements in the drug rehabilitation process at the facility in the past time.

On this occasion, students listened to the reporter discuss the topic."Law on Drug Prevention"and knowledge related to the harmful effects of drugs and HIV/AIDS.

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Hopefully after this program, each student will become an active propagandist to spread the message to everyone to join in preventing and fighting against drug abuse. Because more than anyone else, students are the ones who understand best the harmful effects and consequences that drugs bring.
Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union Ho Phuc Hai