In the summer of 2000, the VietNam society of learning promotion started a campaign for illiteracy eradication. In the campaign six hundred enthnic minority students from the northern highlands were asked to provide reading and writing skills to 1,200 illiterate people living in their home villages. In 2001, eight hundred volunteer students took part in the campaign. The number of people receiving reading and writing lessons reached 4,623. This was an effecive way to help people in remote and muntainous areas to read and write