In 2025, the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) continued to organise direct community programmes that helped poor households, policy-beneficiary families and rural residents access essential services: lighting, roads, safe water, housing, nutrition, sanitation and health care. The 2025 Economic Student Volunteer Campaign mobilised over VND 2 billion. In Vinh Long alone, it illuminated 10,850 metres of rural roads with 341 lights, improved 2,000 metres of roads, installed a school water-filtration unit and repaired a gratitude house. The UEH Trade Union allocated over VND 700 million to assist disadvantaged households and storm-affected residents with damaged homes and assets. UEH Mekong’s Youth Union and Student Association provided meals and helped replace temporary, unsafe housing in Vinh Long.
UEH delivers assistance in two complementary forms. Direct intervention is central: the university, Trade Union, Youth Union, Student Association and UEH Mekong mobilise funding and work alongside residents on lighting, roads, water filters, home repairs, essentials and health services. In parallel, UEH provides essential services to learners, including health insurance, campus medical stations, accommodation guidance for new students and emergency aid to disaster-affected students.
The 2025 flagship was the Economic Student Volunteer Campaign in Vinh Long. Over 20 days in July, UEH volunteers worked in Nhon Phu, Tan Long Hoi and Cai Nhum communes, completing 13 major works: eight “Lighting Rural Roads” projects, rural transport routes, a covered kindergarten playground, a primary-school water-filtration system and repairs to a gratitude house. The programme also distributed 85 scholarships, 82 gifts to policy-beneficiary families and 1,500 notebooks to schoolchildren.
| Work | Beneficiaries – Forms | Deployment | Result |
| Student Volunteer Campaign of Economics 2025 – Phase 1 “Green Summer” (Vinh Long Province front) | Format: Live.
Target audience: residents, students, children, and families receiving social welfare benefits in the three communes of Nhon Phu, Tan Long Hoi, and Cai Nhum (Vinh Long province). |
On July 15, 2025, the campaign simultaneously commenced construction on 13 key projects with a total budget of 827 million VND, including the road in Hamlet 4, Cai Nhum Commune, which cost 315 million VND.
Students directly participated with local people in pouring concrete for roads, installing solar-powered lights, repairing houses for needy families in Tan Qui hamlet, Tan Long Hoi commune, installing water filters at Chanh An A Primary School, and building playground shelters at Cai Nhum Kindergarten. The military festival will take place on July 19, 2025 in Cai Nhum commune.
Image: Groundbreaking ceremony for the “Lighting up rural roads” project in Tan An hamlet, Tan Long Hoi commune. Source of evidence: UEH Student Volunteer Campaign 2025: Simultaneous commencement of projects in response to the “Volunteer Day for Building New Rural Areas” (UEH Portal, July 15, 2025) – Original image file
Image: Student volunteers working with local people to build rural roads in Cai Nhum commune. Source of evidence: Student volunteers help people build rural roads (Tien Phong Newspaper) (UEH Portal – Press, July 15, 2025) – Original image file
Image: Groundbreaking ceremony for the “Repairing Charitable Houses” project in Tan Qui hamlet, Tan Long Hoi commune. Source of evidence: UEH Student Volunteer Campaign 2025: Simultaneous commencement of projects in response to the “Volunteer Day for Building New Rural Areas” (UEH Portal, July 15, 2025) – Original image file
Image: Military Festival of the 2025 Economic Student Volunteer Campaign – Vinh Long Province Front Source of evidence: Student Volunteer Campaign Festival 2025 – Vinh Long Province Front: Concluding a proud journey, opening up knowledge and aspirations for contribution (UEH Portal, July 21, 2025) – Original image file |
Electricity: 8 “Lighting up rural roads” projects, installing 341 streetlights along 10,850 meters of road.
Roads: 4 rural transportation projects, with a total length of 2,000 m. Housing: Repairing one house for needy families. Clean water: water purifiers for schools. Sanitation: added more household waste bins, 5 playgrounds made from recycled materials. Welfare: 85 scholarships, 82 gifts for families entitled to preferential policies, 1,500 notebooks. The total value was 1.04 billion VND; 272 soldiers participated; and 4 cultural programs served more than 10,000 children. |
| UEH Trade Union’s Spring Festival, flood relief, and teacher housing projects. | Format: Live.
Target beneficiaries: disadvantaged households in Phong Phu commune (Ho Chi Minh City); people affected by storms and floods in Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, and Lam Dong provinces; and teachers at Hien Da High School (Phu Tho province). |
Spring Festival 2025 (January 2025): Giving Tet gifts and essential goods to disadvantaged households in Phong Phu commune.
October–November 2025: The UEH Trade Union will mobilize the community to donate and directly provide assistance to people affected by storms and floods in 4 provinces. Contributing funds for the construction of teacher housing at Hien Da High School, Phu Tho province (inaugurated on October 9, 2025, together with the Vietnam Education Trade Union).
Image: Spring Festival giving gifts to disadvantaged families in Phong Phu commune. Source of evidence: 8 outstanding achievements of UEH Trade Union: Accompanying – Connecting – Spreading ONE UEH culture (UEH Portal – undated, approximately 02/2026) – Original image file
Image: Inauguration ceremony of the teachers’ housing at Hien Da High School, Phu Tho province. Source of evidence: 8 outstanding achievements of UEH Trade Union: Accompanying – Connecting – Spreading ONE UEH culture (UEH Portal – undated, approximately 02/2026) – Original image file |
Basic services are provided: housing, property, necessities.
200 million VND to support disadvantaged households in celebrating Tet. Over 500 million VND has been donated to help people in flood-affected areas repair their homes and property. One teacher’s housing unit has been put into use. |
| UEH Mekong’s “Tet of Gratitude – Spring of Volunteerism” program in 2025 (Vinh Long province) | Format: Live.
Target beneficiaries: families receiving government assistance, the elderly, orphaned children at SOS villages, and children and disadvantaged households in Vinh Long. |
Students raised funds through the “Piggy Bank” program (January 6–20, 2025) organized by 37 student branches and fundraising music nights by clubs.
Gifts and essential supplies were distributed to 11 policy beneficiary households, 24 elderly people in difficult circumstances, elderly people at the Vinh Long Provincial Social Work Center, and 10 households in Long Phuoc and My An communes. The organization held a “Tet celebration at the SOS Village” for 70 children, incorporating guidance on disease prevention and proper handwashing.
Image: Presenting Tet gifts to families receiving preferential treatment in Ward 8, Vinh Long City. Source of evidence: UEH Mekong Student Union and Association organized the “Tet of Gratitude – Spring of Volunteerism” program in 2025 (UEH Mekong Portal, February 3, 2025) – Original image file
Image: The “Tet at SOS Village” program for children. Source of evidence: UEH Mekong Student Union and Association organized the “Tet of Gratitude – Spring of Volunteerism” program in 2025 (UEH Mekong Portal, February 3, 2025) – Original image file |
Basic services provided include: nutrition, necessities, hygiene, and disease prevention for children.
The total cost was over 52.7 million VND (over 12 million VND from the “Piggy Bank” fundraising campaign and over 40 million VND from other fundraising activities). Over 170 people, including children and the elderly, received direct assistance. 70 children received instruction on hygiene and disease prevention. |
| Community welfare activities of the UEH Mekong Youth Union and Student Association in 2025 | Format: Live.
Target audience: patients, households with temporary housing, students, and residents of Nhon Phu commune and other localities in Vinh Long province. |
The “Young Kitchen – Green Fire” program cooks and distributes meals to people in need.
Participate in assisting with the demolition of temporary and dilapidated houses in the local area. Implementing a summer volunteer campaign in Nhon Phu commune and a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration program for students.
Image: Volunteer activities of the UEH Mekong Youth Union and Student Association in 2025 |
Basic services supported: nutrition (meals), housing (removal of temporary housing).
Over 60 meals were distributed. 25 projects and tasks in Nhon Phu commune with a total value of 170 million VND. 453 students received Mid-Autumn Festival gifts. |
| The Spring Volunteer Campaign 2025 and Phase 2 “Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration” of the 2025 Economics Student Volunteer Campaign | Format: Live.
Target group: disadvantaged households, families receiving government assistance, children in rural areas and disadvantaged regions. |
Spring Volunteer Program 2025: 32 teams with approximately 2,200 volunteers will take care of the Lunar New Year celebrations for the people, award scholarships and gifts to children, and carry out tasks to improve local infrastructure.
Phase 2 “Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration”: Organizing Mid-Autumn Festival events and giving gifts to children and families receiving government assistance. The Youth Union and Student Association of UEH are building youth projects related to rural transportation, community spaces, environmental protection, and education.
Image: Spring Volunteer Campaign 2025 Source of evidence: UEH Youth Union – Student Association accompanying students in the journey of implementing UEH’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UEH Portal, February 8, 2026) – Original image file
Image: Student Volunteer Campaign of Economics 2025: Stage 2 – Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration Source of evidence: UEH Youth Union – Student Association accompanying students in the journey of implementing UEH’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UEH Portal, February 8, 2026) – Original image file |
Basic services are supported: necessities, rural infrastructure, community spaces.
Spring Volunteer Program 2025: Total resources exceeding 1.14 billion VND. The 2025 Economics Student Volunteer Campaign (2 stages): total resources exceeding 2 billion VND. |
| The 52nd Voluntary Blood Donation Day and blood donation drives in 2025 | Format: Live.
Target group: patients requiring blood transfusions at hospitals (through the Ho Chi Minh City Humanitarian Blood Donation Center). |
The UEH Student Union, in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Humanitarian Blood Donation, organized a Blood Donation Day on January 13, 2025, for lecturers, staff, and students.
Each blood donation contributes 50,000 VND to the “Bright Future” Scholarship Fund. In 2025, the UEH Youth Union and Student Association will organize 6 voluntary blood donation drives.
Image: The moment doctors and nurses receive blood from UEH students. Source of evidence: 52nd Voluntary Blood Donation Day: Drops of Red from Youth – Sharing Love (UEH Portal, January 16, 2025) – Original image file |
Basic services supported: healthcare – providing blood for patients.
52nd Blood Donation Day: 169 blood donations, resulting in 237 units of blood collected. 8,450,000 VND was contributed to the “Bright Future” Scholarship Fund. Six blood donation drives in 2025. |
| Medical services, housing, and emergency support for students. | Format: Live.
Target audience: UEH students, freshmen, students whose families have been affected by storms and floods; civil servants and employees. |
Implement health insurance and accident insurance for students; provide free medical examinations, consultations, and first aid at the on-campus health station.
The “Supporting Students to School” program assists new students in finding safe accommodation upon enrollment. Emergency support and tuition fee reductions for students in flood- and natural disaster-affected areas in 2025. The Trade Union, in collaboration with the Oriental International Eye Center, organized a free program titled “Accompanying UEH in caring for bright and healthy eyes.”
Image: Activities related to the physical, mental, and safety health of learners. Source of evidence: Milestone 2025: A 5-year journey of accompanying and comprehensively caring for UEH students (UEH Portal – undated, approximately February 2026) – Original image file
Image: The “Accompanying UEH in caring for bright and healthy eyes” program in 2025 Source of evidence: 8 outstanding achievements of UEH Trade Union: Accompanying – Connecting – Spreading ONE UEH culture (UEH Portal – undated, approximately 02/2026) – Original image file |
Basic services provided: healthcare, accommodation for students.
98.79% of students participate in health insurance. Thousands of examinations, consultations, and first aid treatments were provided at the health station. Over 2,100 new students received assistance in finding accommodation. Over 11,000 students in flood-affected areas received support, with a total budget exceeding 23 billion VND. |
These examples confirm that UEH directly organizes programs to help communities access electricity, roads, clean water, housing, nutrition, sanitation, and healthcare, aiming to ensure that no one is left behind.
Compared to 2024, UEH’s programs to help the community access basic services in 2025 will continue to be organized directly and free of charge for beneficiaries, and will expand in terms of resources, scope, and types of services. Specifically:
Expand resources and scale:
+ The total resources mobilized for volunteer campaigns reached over 3.1 billion VND (Economics Student Volunteer Campaign over 2 billion VND, Spring Volunteer Campaign over 1.14 billion VND); the Vinh Long front alone reached 1.04 billion VND, equivalent to the entire first phase in 2024 (1.048 billion VND).
+ The Spring Volunteer Campaign involved 32 teams with approximately 2,200 volunteers; more than 20 programs and activities directly supporting the community.
Maintain and enhance basic services:
+ Electricity: 8 “Lighting up rural roads” projects with 341 streetlights on 10,850 m of road (in 2024: 349 lamp posts).
+ Road infrastructure: 4 rural road projects, with a total length of 2,000 m.
+ New projects for 2025: water filters for schools, repairing houses for needy families, participating in eliminating temporary housing and providing meals for the needy in Vinh Long province.
Expand the range of participants:
+ The UEH Trade Union made a significant contribution, donating over 700 million VND to support disadvantaged households and people in flood-affected areas in repairing their homes and property.
+ For students, 98.79% participate in health insurance, and over 2,100 new students receive assistance in finding accommodation upon enrollment.
Therefore, it can be seen that UEH is not only a place for training but also a hub connecting resources, bringing electricity, roads, clean water, housing, and healthcare to disadvantaged communities, contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 1 – Eradicating Poverty.