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

Catholic Junior College, Singapore's community service project took place at Thanh Trieu Primary School, Ben Tre Province.

The community activity program combined with cultural exchange 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 is a project to solidify schools for poor areas of Vietnam, and also to experience life in another land for students from Singapore.

This project aims to solidify and repair schools in poor areas of Vietnam by students from Singapore.

During the 9 days of the project, Catholic Junior College students participated in community activities such as: building a 22m fence made of bricks and stretching B40 nets to separate the school from the deep ditch next to it, ensuring safety for students; building a gate and replacing the school nameplate, to make the school more spacious; laying concrete on the path in front of the school gate, creating a wider and flatter road for students. In addition, the community project also included exchange activities such as: teaching English through pictures, songs, games; teaching handicrafts, origami, and coloring for students of Thanh Trieu Primary School, Ben Tre.

The project also includes teaching English and making handicrafts with children at Thanh Trieu Primary School, Ben Tre.

School Catholic Junior College, Singapore gives charity gifts to poor families in Ben Tre province

In addition, the students from Singapore also carried out a number of activities such as: visiting rice fields and practicing rice planting; giving charity gifts to poor families in Ben Tre province. TASS also organized for them to visit some scenic spots and historical sites of Vietnam such as: the Mekong Delta with Ben Tre coconut groves, listening to traditional music, visiting coconut candy factories, brick kilns; exploring Cu Chi Tunnels, eating cassava with sesame salt; enjoying water puppetry; visiting the War Remnants Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City Post Office, Ben Thanh Market, etc. The trip left many good impressions on the hearts of the Singaporean students about the country, people and culture of Vietnam.

TASS organizes for Singaporean students to visit rice fields and practice planting rice seedlings

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

As a tourism company affiliated with one of the leading universities in the country, TASS's business approach is quite unique compared to normal businesses. We do not prioritize profit but aim for the mission of doing humane tourism above all, doing tourism to improve the lives of local communities at the destination. Therefore, TASS always tries to pursue a rather strange but meaningful type of tourism such as volunteer tourism, or community involvement projects (CIP - Community Involvement Project) in association with foreign organizations, to help poor areas of Vietnam with international resources.