First Secretary of the Central Youth Union: Promoting the role of youth in carrying out the country's major tasks

The 12th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union will take place from December 14-16. The congress will review the work of the union and youth activities for the 2017-2022 term and outline the direction of activities for the 2022-2027 term.

This is an important political event for the youth of the whole country. To better understand the imprints of the Youth Union's work in the past term and the direction of discussion at the Congress, PV interviewed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Bui Quang Huy.

PV:Sir, in the context of the country with many fluctuations like the 2017-2022 term, what are the marks of the Union activities and youth movements?

Mr. Bui Quang Huy:In the 2017-2022 term, in a difficult context for the Youth Union chapters at all levels because of the Covid-19 pandemic in the middle of the term, the Youth Union chapters at all levels have achieved some outstanding results. That is, the Youth Union's operating methods have been adjusted quickly and flexibly in conjunction with the digital transformation process and the application of information technology. We have implemented forms of gathering on cyberspace and implemented many other contents; organized online activities attracting tens of millions of young people to participate.

Mr. Bui Quang Huy - First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

Second, the effectiveness and role of youth organizations at all levels and youth union members in the volunteer movement have never been more clearly affirmed than in the past term, especially during the pandemic. The green volunteer shirt appeared on all fronts from epidemic prevention and control, logistics to goods circulation. Third, we mobilized large social resources to help disadvantaged children, orphans due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and young workers facing difficulties due to job loss. Through such difficulties, we see that creative youth activities also have conditions to develop. Many creative ideas and new projects were creatively thought out and put into operation by young people. We easily saw this in the past term.

The Youth Union has introduced many cadres to the Party and the Party organization. During the past term, the Youth Union has also worked with the advisory sectors to coordinate the promulgation of the Youth Law, the youth development strategy, and advised the Prime Minister to sign 5 programs and projects to concretize the youth development strategy.

Youth volunteers in Yen Bai province plant trees during Youth Month 2022. Photo: Thanhnien.vn

PV:In the context of the country's increasingly deep integration, what key goals and breakthroughs does the Central Youth Union identify in the work of the Youth Union and the youth movement for the 2022-2027 term to guide young people to live positively, contribute and mature?

Mr. Bui Quang Huy:The goals for the 2022-2027 term that the Central Executive Committee of the Youth Union has discussed and will present to the upcoming Congress are in line with the major goals in the spirit of Resolution 13 of the Party. The Central Executive Committee of the Youth Union has identified three major goals. One is to build and nurture a generation of youth who are comprehensively developed and have qualities in all aspects to meet the process of nation building in the new period. Promote the role of youth in participating in the implementation of major tasks of the country to realize the goal of becoming a developed country with high income by the middle of the 21st century; build an increasingly strong Youth Union organization. To realize these three goals, we continue to implement three movements to promote youth.

These are the "Youth Volunteer" movement, the "Creative Youth" movement and the "Youth Volunteers to Protect the Fatherland" movement. However, in these 3 movements, the content has been adjusted to suit the new situation and new requirements. In addition, we have established 10 programs and projects during the term to focus on a number of practical and relevant issues for young people. For example, the issue of educating revolutionary ideals, ethics, and lifestyle for young people in cyberspace; the issue of improving foreign language skills for young people; the issue of starting a business among young people or improving digital capacity for young people to participate more effectively in the national digital transformation process.

PV:Yes, thank you Mr. Bui Quang Huy, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union./.

Phuong Thoa