On the morning of March 16, the Provincial Youth Union held the inauguration ceremony of the Binh Thuan Children's House swimming pool.
Attending the event were comrades: Dang Hong Sy - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission, National Assembly Delegate of Binh Thuan Province; Tran Huu - Member of the Central Youth Union Standing Committee, Head of the Central Youth Union's Urban and Workers' Youth Commission; Truong Minh Quang - Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union; representatives of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Department of Education and Training, Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Provincial Children's House, along with a large number of union members, youth and children...
The swimming pool was inaugurated at a time when the youth of the whole country in general and the youth of Binh Thuan province in particular are practically organizing activities in response to Youth Month 2024; celebrating the 93rd anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931 - March 26, 2024), the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7, 1954 - May 7, 2024) and towards the 134th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2024). This is a project of practical significance, creating conditions for young people and children in the province to have an environment and space for healthy and beneficial entertainment, fostering and developing swimming skills, motivating them to study well, exercise, improve physical strength, and minimize the danger of drowning.
The swimming pool is located in the premises of the Provincial Children's House, built with a main pool of 887.47 m2, size 25m x 12.5m, depth from 1m to 1.8m, including 5 swimming lanes and a roof; a wading pool (semi-circular) of 61.9 m2, depth 0.6m. In addition, there are other sub-items such as bathrooms, changing rooms, rescue equipment... to ensure the swimming pool operates effectively. The total investment of the project is nearly 12.8 billion VND, including 10 billion VND from the Central Youth Union's capital and nearly 2.8 billion VND from the province's counterpart fund.
At the inauguration ceremony, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union Tran Thi Hoa Xuan believed that the management unit would organize many activities to guide swimming skills, disseminate safety skills in the water environment... At the same time, create favorable conditions for the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee to maintain and organize the annual green race for children, continuing to effectively implement the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho".
In order to support children in improving their swimming skills and preventing drowning accidents, at the launching ceremony, the Central Youth Union gave 500 free swimming lessons to children, worth 15 million VND. In addition, the Provincial Youth Union also donated a library to the Provincial Children's House.
On this occasion, the Central Youth Union coordinated with Vietcombank to award the "Steady Steps for the Future" Scholarship Fund. Of which, Binh Thuan has 8 students honored to receive scholarships, including 1 student receiving a type A scholarship worth 80 million VND, divided equally over 4 years of study and 7 students receiving type B scholarships worth 5 million VND. The Central Youth Union presented the Provincial Youth Union with 500 maps in response to the Campaign "Proud of a strip of land and rivers". Through the use of Vietnam maps in learning, working and community spaces of Vietnamese youth, children and people, it contributes to raising awareness of sovereignty, nation and ethnicity.
It is known that the Provincial Children's House is enrolling students for the first swimming class in 2024, with tuition fees of VND 500,000/8-session course and VND 600,000/12-session course, expected to open on March 24-26.
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