Promoting the role of youth in the era of national growth
Phát biểu tại phiên trọng thể Đại hội đại biểu toàn quốc Hội Liên hiệp Thanh niên Việt Nam lần thứ IX, nhiệm kỳ 2024 - 2029, đồng chí Tổng Bí thư Tô Lâm cùng đại diện Trung ương Hội Liên hiệp Thanh niên Việt Nam mong muốn lực lượng thanh niên cần nỗ lực hết mình, để thực hiện nhiều nhiệm vụ đột phá xây dựng đất nước trong kỷ nguyên vươn mình của dân tộc.
Sáng 18/12, tại thành phố Hà Nội đã diễn ra phiên trọng thể Đại hội đại biểu toàn quốc Hội Liên hiệp Thanh niên Việt Nam lần thứ IX, nhiệm kỳ 2024 - 2029.
Dự và chỉ đạo Đại hội có đồng chí Tô Lâm - Tổng Bí thư Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng; các đồng chí: nguyên Tổng Bí thư Nông Đức Mạnh; nguyên Chủ tịch Quốc hội Nguyễn Văn An, Nguyễn Sinh Hùng; các đồng chí Ủy viên Bộ Chính trị: Đỗ Văn Chiến - Bí thư Trung ương Đảng, Chủ tịch Ủy ban Trung ương Mặt trận Tổ quốc Việt Nam; Nguyễn Văn Nên - Bí thư Thành ủy Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh; các đồng chí Bí thư Trung ương Đảng: Nguyễn Duy Ngọc - Chánh Văn phòng Trung ương Đảng; Thượng tướng Trịnh Văn Quyết - Chủ nhiệm Tổng cục Chính trị Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam; các đồng chí Ủy viên Trung ương Đảng: Phó Chủ tịch Quốc hội Nguyễn Thị Thanh; Phó Thủ tướng Lê Thành Long; Trưởng Ban Dân vận Trung ương Mai Văn Chính.
Attending the Congress were comrades of the Party Central Committee, former leaders of the Party, State, leaders of ministries, branches, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, central organizations, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, revolutionary veterans, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Labor Heroes, former First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, former Presidents of the Vietnam Youth Union; and comrades Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Youth Union of all periods.

The 9th Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union, term 2024 - 2029There are 980 official delegates who are cadres, members, and outstanding youth in various fields at home and abroad.
The Congress's slogan is "Vietnamese youth are patriotic - aspirational - united - pioneering - creative - confidently entering the new era".
The Congress is a major political event for the youth, a festival that widely unites all classes of patriotic Vietnamese youth, marking a new step in the development of the Association and the youth movement.

In recent times, the movement "I love my Fatherland" has been widely deployed, has attracted and spread strongly, and is truly a flag of encouragement, urging and calling on many classes of youth, creating an environment for youth to practice, experience, and promote the spirit of shock, volunteerism and creativity of youth.
Many new models and good practices have been implemented, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The work of uniting ethnic minority youth, religious youth, workers in industrial parks, export processing zones, and youth in boarding houses has made great efforts and achieved certain results.

Many new, typical and advanced factors among the youth have been discovered and honored, contributing to creating a beautiful image of the Vietnamese youth in the new era.
All of the above achievements are thanks to the deep concern, support and facilitation in all aspects of the Party, State and people for the youth. Along with that are the efforts, endeavors, sense of responsibility and constant creativity of the Association at all levels, cadres, members and youth nationwide.

The new point of this Congress is to add the content "Vietnamese Youth preserve and promote national cultural identity" to the movement "I love my Fatherland".
According to comrade Nguyen Tuong Lam, in the context of the new opportunities and fortunes of the country, Vietnamese youth, with the role of "being the one who provides revolutionary strength to the previous revolutionary generation, and at the same time being the one who is in charge of and guides teenagers and children - the future generation of youth", is a force that "has great honor but also great responsibility", must continue to be the pioneering force, leading the charge in the era of breakthrough and accelerated development under the wise leadership of the Party.

Speaking at the solemn session of the 9th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union, General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated the results of the Union's work and the youth movement during the past term.
The General Secretary also frankly pointed out 5 issues for the delegates to discuss. Firstly, there is no specific resolution on youth work to plan youth work to meet the requirements of tasks in the period of innovation.
Second, the crime and social evils among teenagers and young people are very worrying. There is a part of the youth who lack ideals and ambitions, are pragmatic, selfish, far from the good cultural traditions of the nation, do not strictly obey the law, fall into individualism, have limited integration ability, are weak both physically and mentally, and waste their youth.
Third, the rate of youth solidarity of the Association has not reached the desired level. The General Secretary raised the issue: Currently, according to statistics, only 9.3 million young people participate in the Association. Meanwhile, the country has a population of 105 million. Only 2/3 of the youth force is involved, while 1/3 of the youth force is still outside the Association.

Fourth, ideological education for young people is still outdated and has not caught up with new trends.
Fifth, the structure and organizational model of the Youth Union and the Vietnam Youth Union still have many issues that need to be improved.
The General Secretary emphasized the requirements for youth in the era of national development. Many breakthrough tasks in building the country in the new era (innovation, digital transformation, strategic technology, etc.) with the strength of youth.
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The General Secretary affirmed that the Party and State deeply trust and expect to promote the role and responsibility of the Vietnam Youth Union in the new term; with the desire to contribute and the great ambition to proactively build and protect the Fatherland, firmly believing that "The path of youth can only be the revolutionary path and no other path", Vietnamese youth will constantly strive to be self-reliant, confident, self-reliant, self-reliant, proud of the nation, and make strong efforts for a Vietnam with rich people, strong country, democratic, fair, civilized society, soon standing shoulder to shoulder with the world powers as President Ho Chi Minh wished and the aspiration of the entire nation.

At the solemn session, the Congress introduced the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, term IX, 2024 - 2029, with 135 members.
Comrade Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union of Nghe An province Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy - Member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, term VIII, 2019 - 2024, continued to be re-elected as member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, term IX, 2024 - 2029.
The Congress also announced the results of the 1st Conference of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, term IX, 2024 - 2029 (held on the afternoon of December 17).
The conference consulted and elected the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Union; and elected comrade Nguyen Tuong Lam - Secretary of the Central Committee of the Union, Permanent Deputy Chairman of the National Committee on Vietnamese Youth, Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, term VIII, as President of the Vietnam Youth Union, term IX, term 2024 - 2029.