City beautification projects bring warmth to residents ahead of 50th anniversary

Ho Chi Minh City is undertaking a series of initiatives focused on environmental protection, social welfare, and community development to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the city's renaming. These projects are being coordinated by various levels of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (MTTQ VN) and its affiliated organizations.

In Binh Thanh Ward, the MTTQ VN, in collaboration with the Women's Union and local neighborhood groups, launched a "Safe Accommodation Model for the Visually Impaired and Children." This model is implemented in a 27-room lodging facility housing 47 residents, including those with visual impairments, children, and low-income workers. The initiative aims to foster a safe, civilized, and friendly living environment, with a newly established self-management team to oversee resident registration, legal awareness, fire safety, environmental protection, and public security.

Binh Thanh Ward is also promoting "Green Religious Sites," a model developed by the MTTQ VN and local religious institutions. This program encourages places of worship to become clean, green, and environmentally friendly spaces. Efforts include waste sorting at the source, reducing plastic use, caring for plants, and participating in the "City of a Thousand Flowers" campaign. Religious sites like Phuoc Buu Pagoda and Ngoc Chanh Monastery have distributed 100 trees to residents and congregants.

Furthermore, religious institutions in the ward have unveiled digital cultural spaces titled "Binh Thạnh - Following the Leader's Footsteps." These interactive spaces combine traditional images and documents with QR code technology, allowing religious officials, followers, and the public to easily access stories, documents, and the ideology of Hồ Chí Minh through modern, visual means.

Beyond the urban core, activities extend to Can Gio commune, celebrating the city's anniversary. On June 29, the Women's Union of Ho Chi Minh City, in coordination with the Political Department of Military Region 7, organized a program called "Vietnamese Women - Proud of Tradition, Stepping Confidently into the Future." During this event, funds totaling 500 million VND were presented to support orphans of the COVID-19 pandemic and to assist families in building or repairing "Great Solidarity" houses for those facing hardship.