Yard drainage PVC pipe

Bought a new house a few months ago and it has a PVC drainage pipe. Pipe is about 3' x 8" x 8" and sunken in the ground. The pipe has a hole on the bottom (open)and one on the side that is closed off. The hole on the bottom is open to just dirt. There is a small drainage ditch for the neighborhood that the side opening should go to, but it's closed and there is no underground pipe leading to it from my drain. Should I dig up the ground and connect a PVC pipe to the drainage ditch?