Vietcombank Nghe An Youth Volunteers for the Community

Come to the unfortunate lives

For nearly a year now, the house of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tem and her nephew Nguyen Gia Thai Bao in Hamlet 8, Khanh Son Commune, Nam Dan District has had new acquaintances. They are the brothers and sisters working at Vietcombank Nghe An, who have just adopted Nguyen Gia Thai Bao in response to the sponsorship program for orphans of the Nghe An Provincial Women's Union.

Bao is a boy with special circumstances, when he was less than 10 years old, he lost both his parents. Currently, he lives with his brother (3 years older than Bao) and his grandmother who is nearly 80 years old. Since his parents passed away, the life of the three grandmothers and grandchildren has fallen into poverty, sometimes hungry, sometimes full. Knowing Bao's family situation, Vietcombank Nghe An has joined hands to both encourage materially and provide spiritual support, helping the family gradually overcome difficulties.

In addition to Bao, up to this point, the program to sponsor orphans of Vietcombank Nghe An has reached two addresses and both are in extremely difficult and difficult circumstances. That is Nguyen Van Hoang (Dai Dong hamlet, Thuong Tan Loc commune, Nam Dan) who is only 12 years old this year. His father passed away after a serious illness with liver cancer, leaving behind his wife and 3 young children. Because the family's circumstances are too difficult, Hoang's eldest brother dropped out of school before finishing 12th grade. Hoang and his second brother are studying at a village secondary school but their health is not good. Last year, Hoang's mother was also diagnosed with lung cancer and lost her ability to work, so she doesn't even have money to be treated at the provincial Tuberculosis Hospital. The family is currently relying on relatives and neighbors for all living and treatment.

The case of Nguyen Van Thang (8 years old), in hamlet 6, Hung Trung commune, Hung Nguyen district is also very heartbreaking because he is an orphan. Now, Thang lives with his elderly grandparents. The family is poor, mainly living on a small allowance.

Accompanying the program of sponsoring orphans, Ms. Nguyen Khanh Linh - Member of the Executive Committee of Vietcombank Youth Union shared: Ever since the union and youth union of Vietcombank Nghe An received information about the difficult circumstances of students needing support from the Nghe An Women's Union, we were very concerned. Therefore, when the program was launched, everyone in the unit responded.

For us, helping and accompanying the children during this difficult period is a very meaningful thing. Through that, we hope that, in addition to helping families with some economic difficulties, we will always be there, being the spiritual support for the children to overcome pain and loss, continue to strive to study for a bright future.

Ms. Nguyen Khanh Linh

Working together for the community

Vietcombank Nghe An Branch Youth Union currently has about 100 members, accounting for 50% of the staff in the entire unit. In addition to members at the headquarters and 4 transaction offices located in Vinh city, many members are working at transaction offices in Dien Chau district and Cua Lo town.

Although the conditions for connecting all union members in the unit are difficult, but from this characteristic, the youth union members in the unit have many meaningful programs to be able to promote the advantages of their unit. That is, both performing professional tasks, reaching out to the community but still being able to take care of customers, accompanying customers in all activities, and providing mutual support.

Talking about one of the outstanding programs of the group, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh - Transaction Office excitedly shared about the journey of more than 200km that she and many other colleagues participated in to respond to the Vietcombank Nghe An Online Run, New books with children to school.

The program was launched for only 1 month from July 1 to 31 but attracted nearly 200 officers and employees in the entire unit to participate. Accordingly, each kilometer that an employee in the unit runs will accumulate 3,000 VND in the fund "New books with you to school". With more than 6,000 km accumulated in 1 month, the entire unit has mobilized more than 18 million VND to promptly buy books to support workers in difficult circumstances currently working at Merry & Luxshare Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Speaking more about this memory, Ms. Ngoc Anh said: I think this is a very meaningful activity. In the past, I often participated in races to exercise and improve my health. But participating in the race to accumulate and build a fund to buy books for students before the new school year is a very special experience. I believe that after this race, we will have many other programs to reach out to the community and help more people in difficult and deprived lives.

Along with the above activities, in the past time, towards the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, receiving the title of Labor Hero and responding to the Youth Month campaign in 2023 launched by the Provincial Youth Union and the Youth Union of Nghe An Business Bloc, the Executive Committee of the Youth Union of Vietcombank Nghe An Branch has implemented many programs with many meaningful activities. That is the successful organization of the "Vietcombank Run - Ten Thousand Hearts, One Belief" race. The race gathered more than 400 athletes who are customers, partners, Vietcombank staff and a large number of people in Nghe An province. With a distance of 6000m, through this race, it not only aims to develop the sports movement but also contributes 60,000 VND to the fund for each kilometer run by the athlete to award scholarships to students.

In social security work, the unit's youth union has also been assigned by the Party Committee, the Executive Committee of the Trade Union, and the Branch's Board of Directors to implement many programs. In particular, with the program "Spring of Love", Vietcombank Nghe An has presented 200 gifts, worth 100 million VND to disadvantaged households in Yen Tinh commune, Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province. Or, from the name "Giving Red Drops - Giving Love", the youth union has also successfully organized a humanitarian blood donation program to celebrate Vietcombank's 60th anniversary with the participation of many volunteers who are Vietcombank staff and relatives, partners, and customers in the area.

The Youth Union also sponsored and accompanied Quang Trung Ward Youth Union to successfully implement the "Blooming Electric Poles" Program in Quang Trung Ward, Vinh City, Nghe An Province.

In the environmental protection campaign, the Youth Union has pioneered in implementing the program "Vietcombank - For a green Vietnam". Through that, it has launched support and successfully planted 1,000 trees in Nghe An province. Of which, 500 black star trees were planted in Nam Xuan commune, Nam Dan district and 500 Bauhinia trees were planted in Nghi Lien commune, Vinh city. This is a very practical activity of Vietcombank, thereby continuing to affirm Vietcombank's goal of becoming a green bank, developing sustainably for the community and contributing to environmental protection, forest resource protection, improving the air, combating climate change, bringing a green - clean - beautiful environment to the homeland and country.

Along with activities launched by the industry and agencies, the Youth Union of the unit also responded to many programs deployed by the Youth Union of Nghe An Province's Business Bloc such as: Online conference to study, learn and disseminate the Resolution of the 12th National Youth Union Congress, Term 2022-2027; Forum on building youth role models in the new era; Activities to celebrate the glorious Party - Celebrate the Year of the Cat 2023... In addition, the Youth Union members in the unit contributed 10 million VND to sponsor the implementation of the "Children's Playground" project in Thanh Duc commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province.

In fact, although there are many exciting activities, due to the unique nature of the banking sector, it is very difficult for youth union members to participate in activities in the unit. However, this is what motivates union members to be more proactive, to build many practical, effective programs that are suitable to the unit's characteristics...

During the implementation process, union members and young people always identify the core role in implementing the political tasks of the unit and the movement activities, culture, arts, sports... Therefore, union members and young people always take the lead in implementing professional tasks; proactively research and apply modern science, technology and engineering in their work. Moreover, they are always active, responsible and enthusiastic in social security activities, volunteering for community life.

With youthfulness, enthusiasm and dedication, the mark of Vietcombank Youth Union Nghe An branch has been recognized through meaningful actions. That has also contributed to spreading the image of Vietcombank Nghe An to the community, affirming the position and role of Youth in the development of the entire Vietcombank banking system.