Opening of the solemn session of the 8th Congress of Delegates of the Vietnam Youth Union

Attending the Congress were comrades: Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member, Standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat; Nong Duc Manh, Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee; Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization, Former Standing Secretary of the Central Youth Union, Former President of the Vietnam Youth Union; Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Former First Secretary of the Central Youth Union, Former President of the Vietnam Youth Union; Nguyen Xuan Thang - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh - Vice President; and other leaders and former leaders of the Party and State.

On the side of Nghe An province, there was comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Former First Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Youth Union, Former President of the Vietnam Youth Union.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh took a souvenir photo with the Nghe An delegation.

Attending the Congress were 1,000 delegates who were officials, members, and outstanding youth in various fields at home and abroad.

In addition to 1,000 outstanding young people, the Congress was also honored to welcome more than 400 invited delegates including leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, and Vietnam Fatherland Front; leaders of departments, ministries, branches, and organizations at the Central and local levels.

Representatives of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Armed Forces Heroes, Labor Heroes; representatives of former Association officials; representatives of outstanding Association officials, outstanding youth, outstanding young Vietnamese faces in various fields...

The Nghe An Delegation has 23 outstanding young people, representing more than 600,000 young people in the whole province attending the Congress.

Delegation of Nghe An attending the Congress.

With the slogan "Vietnamese youth are patriotic, creative, volunteer, integrated and developed", the Congress will summarize and evaluate the work of the Association and the youth movement in the 7th term; build goals, tasks and solutions for the work of the Association and the youth movement in the 8th term (2019 - 2024); report on not amending or supplementing the Charter of the Vietnam Youth Union; consult and elect the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, 8th term.

Previously, at the first session on the afternoon of December 10, the Congress consulted and elected the Presidium and Secretary of the Congress.

The Presidium runs the Congress.

The Honorary Presidium includes Comrade Tran Quoc Vuong - Politburo member, Standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat and Comrade Truong Thi Mai - Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Party Central Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission.

The official Presidium consists of 25 members, including 7 representatives of the Central Youth Union Secretariat.

Mr. Le Quoc Phong - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union, 7th tenure delivered the opening speech at the solemn session of the Congress.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the solemn 8th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union, term 2019 - 2024, Mr. Le Quoc Phong - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union, term VII, said that the 8th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union - a great festival of Vietnamese youth, will decide important issues of the Union's work and youth movement in the next 5 years.

From the efforts in studying and following Uncle Ho's teachings, from enhancing the spirit of respecting the law, from the will to rise up in life, daring to move forward after difficulties and failures; to practical actions in protecting the environment, volunteering for the community, being ready to contribute voices to protect the sovereignty of the sacred sea and islands of the Fatherland, volunteering to protect the Fatherland; From perseverance in establishing oneself, starting a career, and getting rich legitimately; to participating in preserving traditional cultural values ​​of the nation, building happy families; the Vietnam Youth Union is working with Vietnamese youth to create beautiful images of Vietnamese youth in the new era.

Reviewing the achievements of the Youth Union, Mr. Le Quoc Phong affirmed that those working in the Union and youth leaders still cannot help but worry and ponder because there are still shortcomings and limitations, requiring our Union to quickly overcome them to continue to grow stronger.

Special art programs at the Congress.

In the next 5 years, the Vietnam Youth Union needs to implement many synchronous solutions, innovate the content and methods of operation, improve the quality and effectiveness of movements and programs, expand the solidarity front, gather youth, care for youth, nurture ambitions, aspirations, orient ideals, life principles and create an environment and conditions for youth to practice, contribute and mature.

“The legitimate needs of young people are still waiting for new, effective solutions from the Association to help and support. The creative ideas, enthusiasm, and intellectual potential of young people are still waiting for us to approach, promote, realize, and contribute to the homeland and country. The concerns and thoughts in the daily lives of young people still need the Association's sharing, attachment, sympathy, and guidance in the training and growth process of each young person,” said Mr. Le Quoc Phong.

Awarding youth project symbols to representatives of the O Du ethnic group, Nghe An province and other ethnic minorities.

At the Congress, after the delegates' presentations, the Vietnam Youth Union presented 16 "community cultural activity houses" to youth from 16 ethnic minority groups with a population of less than 10,000 people in Vietnam.

Mr. Le Quoc Phong, First Secretary of the Central Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union, 7th term, and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Standing Secretary of the Central Youth Union, presented the symbolic plaque of the youth project to the youth representatives of 16 ethnic minorities who implemented the youth project. In Nghe An, representatives of the O Du ethnic youth received the symbolic plaque of the Community Cultural Activity House.

In his speech directing the Congress, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong affirmed: Continuing the national tradition and generations of fathers and brothers, Vietnamese youth today continue to make many important contributions to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. Millions of young people are actively working and producing, creating a lot of wealth for society, enriching themselves and their families. They are young soldiers of the armed forces, overcoming all hardships, sacrificing day and night to guard the borders and islands, ensuring order and security for the country. They are young intellectuals, students, and pupils who are passionate about studying, doing scientific research, and accumulating knowledge to establish themselves and make a career. “We are proud of the young people who have won in the arenas of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, vocational competitions, international and regional sports and arts competitions... bringing glory to the Fatherland. The victory of the Vietnamese sports delegation at the 30th SEA Games is the victory of Vietnamese youth. The achievements and feats of the youth of the whole country have contributed significantly to the important and historical achievements of our country after more than 30 years of renovation,” Comrade Tran Quoc Vuong emphasized.

He also assessed that, as a close companion of the youth, a place to gather and unite youth organizations and youth classes, in recent times, the Vietnam Youth Union has had many innovations and creativity in organizing activities, combining more harmoniously the political tasks of the organization with the legitimate needs and aspirations of the youth.

Comrade Tran Quoc Vuong spoke at the Congress.

Recognizing the shortcomings, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong said that the methods of solidarity and gathering of young people have not kept up with the rapid movement and change of the youth situation and social life, especially the changes in the trend of labor migration, occupations, young people's needs, the development of information technology and social networks. Many activities and programs of the Association at the grassroots level still lack depth, are not sustainable, effective and have not had a wide impact on young people, especially special youth and disadvantaged youth. The Association's activities are not clear and not clearly distinguished from the activities of the Youth Union. These are urgent issues that require the Association to quickly and resolutely overcome in the coming term.

Suggesting some contents to note in the coming period, in addition to innovating activities, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong said that, based on the reality of each locality and unit, the Association's chapters at all levels need to choose practical actions, promote the pioneering role and volunteering spirit of the youth, together with the entire political system to solve the problems that reality raises, clarify, have real effectiveness, not formality, do every job, no matter how small. “Our nation has a tradition of loving learning. The whole society and every Vietnamese family always respect, care about, and invest a lot of effort in taking care of the education of young people. The Association needs to propagate, educate, encourage, help, and orient young people to have the right awareness and attitude towards learning. Study for real, take real exams, study to be a human being, to serve the Fatherland, to serve the people; study to understand the real issues that are happening, so that each young person has the knowledge to determine for himself the right path ahead, to create the desire to contribute and mature,” said the Standing Member of the Secretariat, at the same time believing that “by correctly recognizing the true value of learning and through life experiences, each young person will have enough knowledge and skills to establish himself, to start a career, to be more confident in life; to better understand the value of independence and freedom of the country today, about the ideal of national independence associated with socialism that the Party, Uncle Ho and our people have chosen”.