Sustainable light from young hands
The 4.5km road from Quan Son to Huu Kien ( Lang Son ) used to be a nightmare for people because of the winding mountain pass.
“When surveying this terrain, we found that if people had to move at night, especially on stormy days without lights, it would be very dangerous,” said Ms. Ly Thi Ngoc Dung, Secretary of the Youth Union of Hanoi University of Culture. This is the reason why the school’s volunteer student team, with the support of the Green Future Fund, is determined to bring “green light” to the people here.
Installing 100 lamp posts in the hot sun and on steep terrain with many streams is a big challenge for students of Hanoi University of Culture.
“The weather in Lang Son is extremely hot, carrying each lamp post up the steep slope and wading through streams is the biggest obstacle and challenge. But every time we see the lights come on and see the joy of the people, we forget all our fatigue,” student To Uyen recounted.
Also in this program, the volunteer team of Hanoi University of Science and Technology completed the installation of 105 lamp posts in Thai Nguyen and Ninh Binh . The construction process requires high precision, student technicians have carefully calculated from drilling holes on hard rock ground to installing solar panels to optimize absorption capacity, ensuring stable and long-lasting lighting.
Lighting up faith in a green future
What is special is that the scale of the campaign has spread throughout the regions from North to South. In Hue City, the Youth Union of universities has implemented many lighting projects in mountainous areas lacking electricity. Long Quang border commune is one of the priority places. Mr. Tran Quoc Vuong, Secretary of the Youth Union of Phu Xuan University, said: "This is a mountainous commune with a serious lack of electricity, especially at night. The route we chose is 600m long, an important inter-village road connecting residential communities."
Meanwhile, in Nam Dong, where the Hue University School of Tourism is implementing the project, student volunteers are also supporting the epidemic prevention work. The students had to adjust their plans, working with the police, soldiers and local militia during the day to dig holes to bury infected livestock, and only at night did they focus on installing the lighting system to keep up with the schedule.
In A Luoi 4 commune, students from the University of Foreign Languages - Hue University overcame the unpredictable weather of the highlands to bring light to Ba Lach village, where floods and landslides often occur.
Mr. Nguyen Dac Hinh, Secretary of the Youth Union of A Luoi 4 Commune, shared: "Since the lights were installed, people, especially students, can play comfortably at night, no longer worrying about security and order issues."
In the south, Son My commune, Lam Dong province after the merger has isolated areas. People used to have to go through deserted roads of 3-4 km to reach populated areas. But now, the roads are lit up.
Ms. Huong Chi, a local resident, used to worry about the dangerous dark road, often lurking with bad guys looking to rob. “Now that there are lights, everyone feels more secure,” Ms. Huong Chi said emotionally. The special thing this year is that 100% of the projects use solar lights, ensuring both technical and economic safety, and demonstrating a commitment to sustainable development.
The results of the “Green Light” campaign are truly impressive, with 33,600 meters of rural roads lit from North to South, directly benefiting more than 70,000 people in remote areas.
Mr. Nguyen Bao Minh, representative of the Ho Chi Minh City National University Delegation, commented: "The campaign has created fairness between urban and rural areas in terms of lighting infrastructure, while contributing to building a sustainable lifestyle."
From remote villages in the highlands to red dirt roads in remote countryside, the Green Summer 2025 campaign, with the support of the Green Future Fund, has not only brought light to every road, but also ignited the belief in a green future, where sustainable development is closely linked to the hearts and hands of young people.
The Green Future Fund, established by Vingroup on July 7, 2023, has the mission of contributing to the Government's goal of reducing net emissions to "0" by 2050. The Fund promotes green journeys in daily life, raises public awareness and calls on each individual to take action today to protect the environment for future generations.
The fund's large-scale community activities include: "Green Wednesday" campaign with a series of incentive programs from member companies and affiliates of Vingroup for millions of customers to encourage green lifestyles; "Acting together for the blue ocean" campaign mobilizing about 10,000 Vingroup staff and volunteers to collect and clean up beaches and estuaries in response to World Oceans Day 2025; "Green Summer" campaign 2025 with the participation of the Youth Union of 33 agencies, institutes and schools, implementing nearly 30 projects in 14 provinces and cities across the country with about 81,000 beneficiaries; The contest “Green Voice” and “Sending a Green Future 2050” for students from primary to high school attracted nearly 20,000 contestants, spreading to hundreds of schools in 33/34 provinces and cities across the country...
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