Equip young people with more knowledge and skills to be ready for integration.

On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, comrade Le Quoc Phong, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Central Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Student Association, shared solutions to help youth develop.

Comrade Le Quoc Phong

Reporter (PV): Youth Month 2016 takes place on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. What is your assessment of the activities in this year's Youth Month?

Secretary of the Central Youth Union Le Quoc Phong: For Youth Month this year, the Central Youth Union has directed all levels of the Youth Union to carry out activities on a weekly basis, with 4 weeks covering 4 specific topics. Of which, week 1 has the topic "Career and employment"; week 2 "Green environment"; week 3 "Social security" and week 4 "Celebrating the Youth Union's birthday".

Up to now, I see that the provincial and municipal Youth Unions and grassroots Youth Unions have been very active and creative in their implementation. Many units have built many youth projects related to the immediate needs of the people and youth in the area. Basically, Youth Month 2016 was very successful and focused.

PV: This year continues to be the year of implementing Directive No. 42-CT/TW dated March 24, 2015 of the Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in educating revolutionary ideals, ethics, and cultural lifestyle for the young generation in the period 2015 - 2030. What activities have the Youth Union and the Vietnam Student Association done to effectively implement the Directive among youth and students?

Secretary of the Central Youth Union Le Quoc Phong: Implementing Directive 42, the Central Secretariat of the Youth Union has an action program, with directional contents, contents on activities and specific responsibilities of the Youth Union at all levels. In particular, promoting the building of Vietnamese youth role models, educating and orienting youth union members with good qualities associated with the criteria of "pure heart, bright mind, great ambition" so that they can improve themselves is being focused on by the Youth Union at all levels.

In addition, in recent times, revolutionary ideal education activities have also seen many innovations. The Central Youth Union and the Vietnam Student Association have launched the National Olympic Competition on Marxist-Leninist sciences and Ho Chi Minh Thought “Light of the Way” for students or the National History and Culture Competition “Pride of Vietnam” for high school students and continuing education centers nationwide...

In addition, activities to introduce good people and good deeds in the Youth Union's press system are also promoted, thereby making good people, good deeds, and beautiful images of Vietnamese youth appear more frequently.

Youth union representatives must be the force to apply IT.

PV:Vietnam has just joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, which is both an opportunity and a challenge for the Vietnamese economy and human resources. So what specific plans do the Youth Union and the Vietnam Student Association have to help young people integrate best, sir?

Secretary of the Central Youth Union Le Quoc Phong:The Youth Union and the Student Association have taken steps to help youth union members and students fully grasp information and understand thoroughly the opportunities and challenges of Vietnam when joining the TPP. Because only when they have a firm grasp of the issue, each young person will clearly perceive their position, strengths and weaknesses, and what are the conditions for them to be able to improve and fulfill their tasks.

The Central Youth Union and the Student Association will also help union members and students have a favorable environment to equip themselves with more social practice skills, including skills related to their careers.

In particular, we will promote the learning of foreign languages, focusing on English for youth union members, in addition to helping them have many information channels to access the roadmap to join and realize Vietnam's goals and commitments to the world in implementing trade agreements, first of all, TPP. These things contribute to helping youth union members be proactive, less confused, and contribute more to the country's integration process.

PV: Building a national startup program is a topic that has been mentioned a lot recently. If we do that, young people will have more job opportunities and more conditions to establish themselves and start a successful business. What do you think about this issue?

Secretary of the Central Youth Union Le Quoc Phong: Currently, the Central Youth Union has started to build a national startup program project to quickly submit to the Government. Many localities have also started to initiate this and we see very positive signals from many provinces and large cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City...

With its responsibility, the Central Youth Union and the Student Association will try to inform young people and students about the market as well as labor needs and requirements of businesses to help them fully understand their own conditions and the requirements of businesses, on that basis, proactively equip and supplement knowledge and skills to increase job search opportunities and get the best job, especially in the context of the formation of the ASEAN community, at that time, not only competition within the country but we also have to compete with human resources from countries in the region.

PV: Thank you very much, comrade!

According to the Communist Party of Vietnam