On July 7, the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union organized a central-level online bridge in Ho Chi Minh City to launch youth volunteer teams to support the operation of the two-level government model (provincial, commune level) and provide online public services at the grassroots, commune, ward, and special zone levels.
Representing more than 300 soldiers representing volunteer formations accompanying the locality and digital education students present in today's program, Ms. Truong Nguyet An shared that digital transformation, supporting people to perform online public services in an urban area of more than 10 million people like Ho Chi Minh City is no longer a choice, but an order from the heart of the youth of Uncle Ho City.
The amount of administrative work arising every day is very large, while people's expectations of service quality are increasingly high. This requires an increasingly modern and efficient government apparatus. Therefore, there needs to be a strong cooperation and contribution of the youth force.
"In the context of the first days of operating the two-level government, besides the advantages, there are still certain difficulties, especially getting used to and gradually adapting to the administrative procedures implemented with new models and solutions" - Ms. An shared.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Le Tuan Anh - Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union said that today is a special day, July 7, the first day of the second week in which the authorities at both levels officially come into operation.
Today's launching ceremony has meaningful and practical content in the context that our whole country is entering the first days of operating a two-level local government, helping the country's operating apparatus to be streamlined, efficient and efficient.
The volunteer movement of Ho Chi Minh City youth now has more hope and more meaningful projects when there is the participation and support of union members, association members, and youth from the two localities administratively merged into Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong province and Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has 168 commune-level administrative units, including 113 wards, 54 communes and 1 special zone. The city's youth volunteer movement is facing many opportunities but also many challenges, requiring the management and connection of the volunteer activities of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union to be more professional and scientific.
Since June 1, Ho Chi Minh City has had more than 500 teams of Binh Dan Hoc Su So, Accompanying the locality to support local people inside and outside the city.