Community service project of Catholic Junior College and TASS – USSH, VNU

The community service project of Catholic Junior College, Singapore, took place at Thanh Trieu Primary School, Ben Tre province.

The community service and cultural exchange program of students from Catholic Junior College, Singapore, took place at Thanh Trieu Primary School, Phuoc Thanh II Hamlet, Thanh Trieu Commune, Chau Thanh District, Ben Tre Province. This project aimed to improve school infrastructure in impoverished areas of Vietnam, and also provided an opportunity for the students from Singapore to experience life in a different region.

This project aims to reinforce and renovate schools in impoverished areas of Vietnam, undertaken by students from Singapore.

Throughout the 9 days of the project, students from Catholic Junior College participated in community activities such as: building a 22-meter brick fence and installing B40 mesh to separate the school from the adjacent deep ditch, ensuring the safety of the students; building a gate and replacing the school's nameplate to make the school look more presentable; and paving the walkway in front of the school gate with concrete, creating a wider and smoother path for the children. In addition, the community project also included interactive activities such as: teaching English through pictures, songs, and games; teaching handicrafts, origami, and painting to students from Thanh Trieu Primary School in Ben Tre.

The project also includes teaching English and doing crafts with the children at Thanh Trieu Primary School in Ben Tre.

School Catholic Junior College, Singapore, donated charitable gifts to impoverished families in Ben Tre province.

In addition, the students from Singapore participated in several activities such as visiting rice fields and practicing rice transplanting; and donating charitable gifts to poor families in Ben Tre province. TASS also organized tours for them to visit several scenic spots and historical sites in Vietnam, such as the Mekong Delta with its coconut groves in Ben Tre, listening to traditional folk music, visiting coconut candy factories and brick kilns; exploring the Cu Chi Tunnels, eating cassava with sesame salt; enjoying water puppetry; visiting the War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Opera House, the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office, Ben Thanh Market, etc. The trip left many positive impressions on the Singaporean students about Vietnam, its people, and its culture.

TASS organized a visit to rice paddies and a practical rice transplanting session for Singaporean students.

TASS also organized tours for Singaporean students to visit several scenic spots and historical sites in Vietnam.

As a travel company affiliated with one of the country's leading universities, TASS's business approach is quite unique compared to typical businesses. We don't prioritize profit but rather focus on a mission of promoting humanistic tourism, using tourism to improve the lives of local communities at destinations. Therefore, TASS always strives to pursue a rather unusual but meaningful type of tourism, such as volunteer tourism or community involvement projects (CIPs) in collaboration with foreign organizations, to help impoverished areas of Vietnam with international resources.