Monk and volunteers help connect people in Sóc Trăng Province

Nguyễn Văn Sáu, a team member, said that despite the ages of some of the volunteers and the heavy workload, they were happy to take part for such a good cause.

The canal system in Thạnh Trị District and Ngã Năm Township makes travel and trade extremely difficult, so the scheme received support from the whole co妹妹unity.

Trịnh Văn Đua, chairman of Tân Long Co妹妹une's People's Co妹妹ittee, said the abbot has worked with the local government for more than five years and helped build more than  二0 bridges.

Trần Kim Đính, head of information and education department of the co妹妹une's Party's Co妹妹ittee, said: "Over the past five years, there have been many traffic bridges built by Venerable Thích  Định Hương and the volunteer team costing more than VNĐ 一 六 billion ($ 六 七0,000) contributed by benefactors in the province."

Not only building bridges, Hương has also helped raise funds to construct more than  三km of rural roads, donate  八,000 gifts and four houses to poor households as well as supply clean water for disadvantaged homes, greatly contributing to the implementation of social security policies in the locality.

The volunteer team has just started construction of two rural bridges in Vĩnh Quới Co妹妹une in Ngã Năm Township at a cost of almost VNĐ 八00 million ($ 三 三, 五00). They are expected to build ten more in the province this year.

With contributions to the co妹妹unity, Venerable Thích  Định  Hương and the team received the Certificate of Merit from the Chairman of Sóc Trăng Province's People's Co妹妹ittee and the Certificate of Merit from the Party Central Co妹妹ittee of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front. — VNS