Gratitude Journey 2022: Traveling Across Vietnam - Extending the Country

A special combination of Humanities students from the North and South

The "Journey of Gratitude" has been organized since 2016 and 2022 is the first year of cooperation between 3 clubs from 2 ends of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The delegation from the North, organized and participated by delegates from the Forever 20 Club and the Flame of 20 Club of the Youth Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, departed from Hanoi. The delegation carried out 01 volunteer program in Nghe An and gratitude activities along the way. The delegation from the South, led by the City Propaganda Department and the Youth Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, departed from Ho Chi Minh City. The delegation carried out 01 volunteer program in the Central Highlands and gratitude activities along the way.

The two delegations will meet in Quang Tri town, carry out a charity program there and pay tribute at martyrs' cemeteries (Truong Son Martyrs' Cemetery, Road 9 Martyrs' Cemetery, ...) and historical sites (Hien Luong Bridge, Quang Tri Citadel, Bo De School, ...)
 

Offering incense at the Vietnam-Laos International Martyrs Cemetery (Anh Son, Nghe An)
 

 

Offering incense at Truong Son National Martyrs Cemetery, where there are more than 10,000 martyrs' graves.

Respectfully bowing before the souls of the sisters - the outstanding children of the heroic nation - at the Dong Loc T-junction Relic

During this special trip, the delegation carried out many meaningful activities: Visiting, giving gifts and performing arts in some disadvantaged localities in the Central mountainous provinces, with the target audience being veterans, relatives of martyrs, meritorious people, children in difficult circumstances, and border guards in particularly difficult border areas. In addition, they carried out gratitude activities, visited historical sites and martyrs' cemeteries along the journey. The delegation's itinerary mainly took place in the Central provinces such as Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Hue and especially Quang Tri.

On the afternoon of July 18, the delegation of Forever 20 with the companionship of the Flame of 20 Club visited and gave gifts to families of policy beneficiaries, war invalids and sick soldiers on the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day.

The journey of passionate hearts

During the 5-day, 4-night journey across the country, visiting many “red addresses”, students from both regions experienced many meaningful activities and had unforgettable memories; found common ground between enthusiastic souls, only meeting each other for a few days but feeling like they had known each other for a long time. As Permanent Vice President of Forever 20 Club Tran Hong Dung often shared with students: “A meaningful youth is to live a useful life, live responsibly, be honored and loved, help and share with everyone”.
As a second-year student, Bui Thi Huyen Mai (K66 Public Relations) shared her feelings about participating for the first time: “I am very impressed with the seniors and volunteers this year. Everyone always knows how to solve and handle tasks flexibly. Including the cheering along the way to create a fun and comfortable atmosphere on the bus or the assigned tasks during the volunteer trip. Many meaningful and touching activities took place, leaving very deep emotions for me. I will have to learn a lot from everyone to be able to do better on future trips.”
 

The activities throughout the journey have ignited in the hearts of the young generation a flame of gratitude, respect for the sacrifices of the previous generation to achieve the peace, independence, and freedom of today and spread humanistic values ​​to the community. After these trips, the young people will appreciate the current peaceful and prosperous life more, and strive to study and strive to be worthy of those sacrifices.