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Vounteers give strength to candidates during exam season
09:52, 2014/07/08
They help the visitors in several ways including finding accommodation, providing free meals and showing them the way to get from one place to another.
And as they do every year, in the first days of July, volunteers with the "Give Strength During Exam Season" programme are busy helping candidates from other provinces who come to big cities to sit for the exam.
 
 
According to the Ha Noi City Youth Union, more than 1,200 volunteers are working at the bus and train stations to receive and help candidates. Around 50 kiosks have been set up in these places to provide free bread, drink and maps.
Volunteers are also available at the stations to provide free transport for candidates and their relatives.
The Youth Union has received 200,000 maps, 30,000 breads and many free meals as contributions from enterprises in the city.
Besides, the union has arranged 30,000 low-price rooms and 3,000 free rooms for candidates sitting for the exam in Ha Noi.Hoang Thi Van, the mother of a candidate from Thanh Hoa Province, said she was pleasantly surprised by the offer of assistance.
The Bang A Pagoda in the capital city's Hoang Mai District has continued its annual tradition of supporting exam candidates by offering its 3-storey building as free accommodation. Candidates staying here will also receive free meals.
In central Thua Thien – Hue Province, some 1,000 volunteers have joined the effort to support outstation candidates. Some 25,000 low-priced rooms and 3,000 free rooms have been prepared for candidates and their relatives. More than 300 families have registered to host candidates in their houses during the exam.
Some 10,000 free meals will be given to candidates from the southern province of Tra Vinh, he said.
Over 10,000 free accommodations and 420,840 free vegetarian meals will be given to candidates and their relatives at more than 120 pagodas and homes in Can Tho, Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh City during this examination season.

 
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