(VNF) - 55 Malaysian university students are joining their Vietnamese peers in the Green Summer Volunteer Campaign 2018 in HCMC.

Malaysian youth at the inauguration ceremony of the annual 25th “Green Summer” campaign in Ho Chi Minh City, July 15, 2018. Source: Consular-General of Malaysia in HCMC.

According to the programme agenda, from July 15 to August 12, more than 60,000 youth will spend their summertime engaging in community activities in 24 districts of Ho Chi Minh City, 14 provinces in the Central Highlands, southeastern and southwestern regions, as well as Tho Chu Island off Kien Giang Province.

This year’s campaign focuses on building civilized lifestyle in urban areas and protecting the environment.

For instance, the volunteers will work to stop people from throwing garbage into sewers, one of the main causes of chronic inundation in HCMC during the rainy season.

Specially, apart from Vietnamese volunteers, this year, the Green Summer Volunteer Campaign welcomes 55 students from Malaysia.

Prior to Sunday’s campaign launch, 80 volunteers left Ho Chi Minh City for the Lao provinces of Attapeu and Champasak to start their ‘Green Summer’ there./.

( VNF )