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The Connecting VietYouth 2015 programme to take place in Hanoi

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Jul 22, 2015 / 04:26 PM

The Vietnam Youth Federation said at the press conference on July 21 that the Global Shapers Community, the Vietnamese Students Association in the UK and the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in the US will launch the Connecting VietYouth 2015 (CVY 2015) programme in Hanoi.

The CVY 2015 will include a series of sports, start-up and voluntary events, aiming to connect domestic and overseas young Vietnamese people.
The programme will begin with a charity run titled CVY Innovation Marathon on July 25 at the Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi. The run is expected to attract more than 1,500 people, including expatriate students from the UK, France, Switzerland, the US, Australia and Singapore. 
The proceeds from the chairity run will be spent on presenting books and stationery to underprivileged students in northern mountainous provinces and organising an event celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival for child patients at the Hanoi-based Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion. 
During the program, seminars of “Connecting VietYouth Innovation Day” and “Connecting VietYouth Study Abroad Conference” will be held at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on July 26. Successful entrepreneurs and overseas students will share their experience to give them practical views of these topics. 
CVY 2015 participants will also offer presents to child patients in difficult circumstance at the National Cancer Hospital and join disadvantaged children in exchanges and help their families in home repairs. 
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