Creative and innovative imprints at the Congress of Youth Union at all levels of Nghe An province

Create a new breeze indigital transformation

The successful Congresses of the Youth Union at all levels have created a new momentum towards the 18th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nghe An province, term 2022 - 2027 with many positive innovations, especially the maximum application of information technology and digital transformation.

As one of the congresses that left many new and creative marks, the 21st Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Vinh City for the 2022-2027 term has had many marks right from the propaganda work before the congress. Specifically, the Vinh City Youth Union has built a separate identification toolkit for the Congress, thereby conveying the contents and messages of the Congress to union members, youth and people through the official website and social network system of the Union.

Interface for accessing the document system and taking attendance at the Congress. Photo: Thanh Quynh

This innovation has helped more than 95% of cadres, union members and youth in the city easily access important information and content of the 21st Congress. Along with that, information technology applications have been fully exploited to simultaneously organize an online contest "Learning about the History of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union through the Congresses" to create a ripple effect among union members and youth in the city before the event takes place.

The Youth Union of Vinh City successfully organized the 21st Congress with the participation of 192 official delegates and 170 invited delegates. The Congress was paperless when delegates scanned QR codes to access information and documents. Photo: Vinh City Youth Union

With the goal of organizing a paperless Congress, the Congress Organizing Committee has drafted and digitized all Congress Documents and Resolutions and widely shared them on the official website of the City Youth Union with a QR code to support cadres, union members and youth to access information and documents when necessary. The organization of the Congress closely follows the program and content of the plan, especially ensuring savings, safety and high efficiency.

Mr. Ho Duc Viet - Secretary of Vinh City Youth Union said that from the success of the congress, in the new term, Vinh City Youth Union will continue to promote the application of digital transformation when the management of union members and youth will be carried out through the Vietnam Youth APP and the union member management system. At the same time, synchronously build official information channels for all levels of the union from the city to the ward, commune, block, and hamlet levels and actively participate in supporting the tasks of the City-level Digital Transformation Steering Committee when assigned political tasks.

Delegates attending the Congress of the Youth Union of Nghe An Province for the 2022-2027 term take roll call via QR code and access documents before entering the official agenda. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Along with Vinh City Youth Union, the Provincial Business Bloc Youth Union Congress has also made many strides with the highlight being the organization of a booth exhibition with the theme "Pioneering digital transformation - Spreading corporate culture". The booth carries a full message aiming to demonstrate digital transformation solutions in enterprises for deep application in the management, production and business processes. For delegates who wish to learn and research carefully the products in the booth, they can scan the QR code to get detailed information on the website that was previously developed by the Bloc Youth Union. In addition, the cultural programs are interactive with technological effects, using LED screens to fill the hall, stage and reception hall, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere in the congress.

Thanks to the active application of information technology in the processes of the Congress, the Youth Union organizations have saved a lot of time and organization costs. Photo: Thanh Quynh

Looking at the whole province, Ms. Nguyen Thi Quynh - Head of the Provincial Youth Union's Propaganda Department said that the Youth Union's branches organized the congress in accordance with the paperless goal, all documents were integrated on the website to scan QR codes, vote counting using the vote counting software application trained and provided by the Provincial Youth Union, all presentations used presentation slides, applying the latest software in presentations to achieve maximum efficiency in reaching delegates. That demonstrates the spirit of approaching new things of the Youth Union members and youths in the whole province in the digital transformation process.

Diversified side activities

Since December 2021, the exciting atmosphere towards the Nghia Dan District Youth Union Congress has spread among union members and young people in the whole district when the "Campaign to compose propaganda songs to welcome the Congress" was systematically deployed by Nghia Dan District Youth Union.

After 6 months of launching, the contest received more than 400 entries with careful investment. Most of the musical works have high ideological and artistic value, profound content, praising the good traditions, achievements and contributions of the Youth Union and the youth generations of the district in particular and the whole province in general. It is the attachment to the Youth Union, feeling the youthfulness and breath of youth activities that have led these compositions to touch the emotions of the listeners. From there, creating interest, support and attracting consensus and interest of union members and young people towards the Congress. Besides Nghia Dan district, many Youth Union bases across the province have also successfully implemented competitions to compose logos and songs for the congress with many highly appreciated works.

Representatives of Nghia Dan District Youth Union commended the winners at the "Propaganda song composition campaign to welcome the Congress". Photo: Nghia Dan District Youth Union

A sideline activity that was effectively implemented by the Youth Union at the congress was the booths displaying start-up products of union members and young people. In Tan Ky district, Ms. Hoang Thi Trang - Secretary of the District Youth Union shared that in order to promote local products, products bearing the mark of youth and promote the spirit of start-up and entrepreneurship, outside the main hall, there were many booths displaying and introducing typical products of the district. In which, items such as An Ngai grapefruit, Phu Son molasses, Tien Ky wine, Tan Hop fermented wine received high appreciation from many delegates attending. Thereby, it created connections, exchanges, and learning experiences between youth models inside and outside the district.

Many agricultural products from economic models of union members and youth of Tan Ky district were displayed on the sidelines of the Congress. Photo: Tan Ky District Union

Bringing new momentum to the provincial Youth Union Congress

As of August 14, 2022, the whole province had 1,069/1,069 grassroots Youth Union units and 35/35 district-level Youth Union units that had held congresses, a rate of 100%, ensuring compliance with the plan. In general, the units successfully organized the congresses. Following the direction of the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee, the units organized the congresses with many unique features, highlighting the youthful colors of youth, thereby leaving a good impression on the Party Committee, authorities and delegates attending the congress.

Comrade Tran Linh - Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union affirmed that the Congress of Youth Unions at all levels, towards the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nghe An province, is an important political event for the youth of the whole province in recent times. Recognizing the significance and importance of that, the work of disseminating the Directive, Plans, and Instructions for organizing the Congress has been urgently implemented by the Provincial Youth Union Executive Committee throughout the Union.

Nghe An has 1069/1069 grassroots Youth Union units and 35/35 district-level Youth Union units that successfully held the Congress with many outstanding marks. Photo: Vinh City Youth Union

The preparation work for the Congress was carried out carefully and closely with a spirit of solidarity and high responsibility. At the provincial and district levels, the Congress Organizing Committee and sub-committees to advise on serving the Congress were established, and specific tasks were assigned to the union cadres.

The sub-committees have proactively advised on the issuance of relevant plans and documents to implement the tasks, and regularly checked the progress of the work. The Standing Committee and members of the Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee regularly monitored and grasped the implementation situation and supported, oriented and guided the Youth Unions of the units and localities under their charge in organizing the Congress.

Standing representative of Nghe An Provincial Youth Union and the new Executive Committee of Vinh City Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union at the congress. Photo: Thanh Quynh

The success of the grassroots congress has created a new momentum for the 18th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Nghe An province, term 2022 - 2027, with new points set out such as: The congress will be conducted without paper, delegates will use tablets and smartphones to scan codes to access all information and documents. The congress will take attendance by QR code, apply information technology in vote counting, apply LED technology in illustrating the welcome art program, creative space exhibition, reportage screening... With those efforts, the Provincial Youth Union Congress promises to truly become a great festival for Nghe An youth to enter a new term full of faith and hope.