'Online love' of netizens

In early November, more than 2,000 children in the highlands of Ha Giang received gifts from the winter warm coat program. The Website of Loving Link also donates nearly 40 million VND to people in Central Vietnam. The Internet is a gateway for compassionate young people to build their dreams of social activities.

' The old, warm warm clothes that you don't use anymore or less will bring a warm winter for the children of the ethnicity in the first place of the country, the heavenly gate - Ha Giang '. The appeal of the Winter Warm Coat from Nguyen Van Tuan's 360 blog was quickly 'duplicated' to many other sites. The Youth Volunteer Network Program launched quickly to attract not only the blogger community but also the agencies and organizations that operate socially. After being held Caritas (Switzerland) as the main sponsor, Tuan's program moved to a new stage.

The call to support old children's clothes on Nguyen Van Tuan's blog.Screen shot .

' There are times when we worry about the program being broken. All relief goods and volunteers of the group are shared with Central people after the storm of Xangsane. If not following the plan, the clothes will not reach the upland children before the cold season , 'Tuan said.

Starting on the network, Tuan's program is well known, but many people hesitate because 'do not know how bad it is'. On October 30, the convoy carried 2 tons of old children's clothes to depart for the children in 3 communes of Lung Tam, Thanh Van and Quyet Tien in Quan Ba ​​district, Ha Giang province. The number of days taken was shortened to 10 days, only half of the original estimate due to the evil monster storm. Currently the program is entering phase 2 towards 5 communes of Lung Cu, Ma Le, Lung Tao (Dong Van district), Xi Man (Ngu Chien) and Hoang Xu Phi (Chien Pho). A number of social organizations, the Department of Culture and Information and the Border Guard Department of Ha Giang province have voiced their support to young people, so the promotion is more convenient than the first phase. type and is expected to depart on December 8.

For humanitarian purposes, forum administrators who are members of Club Admin Hanoi set up a website ketnoiyeuthuong.info with the expectation that ' this will be a place to connect online forums, websites and volunteer programs '. The idea was derived after a voluntary trip in the Central region in late September. After more than a month of online campaign, the 'netizens' obtained an amount of 21.5 million VND. The group's first offline activity was recorded as a fundraising music night on November 5 to support victims of Typhoon Xangsane. Musician Do Bao, singer Trong Tan, Tan Minh, Luu Huong Giang and many voices come from Sao Mai. On November 24, the representative of the group with the help of the Tuoi Tre Capital newspaper went on to give a gratitude gift of 38.8 million dong, the results of both online and offline donations, to the people of the region. Central

The Music Night of Love is organized by the Admin Club.Photo: The Ha .

According to Mr. Tran Anh Huy, the website's representative, Love connection, the connection environment on the Internet also has its positive aspects, helping young people to come together, easily exchange knowledge and learn.

' Netizens are not just chit chat, playing games indiscriminately or intruding, destroying ,' Mr. Huy said. ' Nowadays, the online world is also the place where young people show their mutual spirit and love and show their love online '. The administrator also cited a series of websites that contain 'online humanity'. Web Trẻ Thơ, a forum of young mothers, regularly donates old clothes, furniture, holds a fair to raise money to perform surgery for sick children, difficult family circumstances. Even forums specializing in information technology and security always have humanitarian topics, especially when natural disasters occur.

According to insiders, the Internet social movement is still at an early stage, containing many obstacles. ' Information on the Internet is rampant today, anyone can create a website. So the persuasion of the appeals only works with the online community. Those who go online, agencies, organizations . are suspicious. Advocacy is often based on the personal relationships of the members ', said the Winter Warming Program's curator. To overcome this problem, the group has publicly announced specific activities in Ha Giang. On the other hand, members participating in the movement are young, mostly students. Although enthusiastic, but the experience of organizing and planning activities is not much, most of them are spontaneous 'see what to do' so it is difficult to maintain. Recently, there have also been contacts between groups with the desire to combine larger programs.

Hung Hai