Deserving to be a pioneer in the national youth movement
Thanh Quynh•DNUM_BCZAHZCACE 06:41
Nghe An Youth currently has more than 700,000 people, accounting for about 22.5% of the province's population. During the past term, this force has made strong changes to implement many meaningful action programs.
Thanh Quynh • July 12, 2024 ___________
PV:Dear sister, stories about young people and their dedication to the community and society always attract the attention of many people. In today's society, do Nghe An youth dare to commit and sacrifice personal interests to carry out useful work for the community, especially towards the difficult areas of the province?
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy:Not only in the current period, but in any conditions and circumstances, the most common denominator that creates the value and contribution of youth is always the dedication and contribution to the community and society. Just recently, thousands of Nghe An youth volunteers at the grassroots organizations have deployed to carry out summer volunteer activities. They bring their youth and enthusiasm to contribute to building rural roads, installing and repairing lighting systems for people and supporting the elderly and disadvantaged in many highland border villages and social protection centers.
Youth volunteers support candidates in the 10th grade entrance exam. Photo: Do Luong District Youth UnionComrade Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Head of the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign Command Board was present at the exam sites. Photo: Thanh QuynhNghe An Youth Union builds playgrounds for children. Photo: Thanh QuynhNearly 1,250 youth volunteer teams have been established to carry out projects and tasks during Youth Month. Photo: Quy Chau District Youth Union
Not only limiting their volunteer activities within the country, they are also willing to leave their families to go to Laos to coordinate with the youth of the neighboring country to carry out meaningful social security activities.
On key national projects, most recently the 500kV line 3 project, Nghe An youth have successfully completed the 30-day and night volunteer competition to "overcome the sun and rain" to support the construction force to the maximum.
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Looking back at the 2017-2024 term, youth is the key force, participating in and promoting the new rural construction movement. During the term, the whole province has implemented 20 provincial-level youth projects, 470 district-level youth projects and more than 3,500 grassroots-level projects and tasks.
Representatives of the Provincial Youth Union and Youth Union branches in the province provided water and gifts to the power line construction teams. Photo: Thanh Quynh500kv photoNghe An Youth Union successfully completed 30 days of peak competition to support the 500kV line 3 project. Photo: Thanh Quynh - CSCC
In the new rural construction, the youth force has pioneered in building more than 157 km of new roads, participating in repairing 285 km of rural roads; building 542 new playgrounds for children, 4 rural bridges, and flood bridges. These projects are long-term support, having a positive impact on all aspects of people's lives in the areas where they are benefited; creating an important premise in ensuring people's lives and sustainable socio-economic development in the new situation.
In addition, the movement “I love my country” has been widely deployed and deeply embedded in the lives of young people, encouraging, urging and calling on a large number of young people to express their patriotism through concrete actions. The programs “Winter Volunteer”, “Spring Volunteer”, “Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign”, “March Border Month”, “Young Doctors Following Uncle Ho’s Teachings” Festival, “Zero-dong Booth”, “Festival for Young Workers”... have been widely organized by all levels of the association, presenting thousands of gifts and many meaningful support activities to the people.
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These are practical actions to demonstrate the spirit of daring to contribute intelligence, youth and enthusiasm to carry out many new and difficult tasks towards the community and society of Nghe An youth in recent times!
"That spirit has helped Nghe An youth become one of the leading units in the Youth Union - Association movement and emulation among youth nationwide" as affirmed by Central Youth Union Secretary Ngo Van Cuong at the Conference to review the organization of the 7th Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union of Nghe An province, term 2024 - 2029.
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Those movements are practical actions to demonstrate the spirit of daring to contribute intelligence, youth and enthusiasm to carry out many new and difficult tasks towards the community and society of Nghe An youth.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy
PV:According to the new viewpoint of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, the value of young people lies in their will and aspiration to establish themselves and their careers. This is not only an opportunity for them to pursue their passion but also to create value for society. In your opinion, can Nghe An youth do that well?
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy:Each stage of formation, construction and development of the country requires young people to have different missions and tasks. In the current stage, the most important mission and task of young people is to establish themselves and their careers to assert themselves and create value for society.
Realizing that, Nghe An youth not only engage in social security activities towards the community. In the economic field, Nghe An youth have more and more examples of young people overcoming difficulties to start successful businesses with many new models and good practices. More than 1,800 effective economic models built by young people and tens of thousands of projects and works in the border areas of Nghe An are clear evidence of the mission that the youth have been and are carrying out.
Nghe An youth develop economyMany religious youths were honored as exemplary role models in socio-economic development activities in Nghia Dan. Photo: Minh ThaiHigh-tech application model in medicinal herb production of young man Ngo Quang Canh (born 1988), Nghia Hoi commune, Nghia Dan district. Photo: Thanh QuynhCurrently, the high-tech application model in medicinal herb production of young man Ngo Quang Canh has more than 30 products, many of which have achieved OCOP certification. Photo: Thanh Quynh
Along with that, in the modern trend, many union members and young people in Nghe An have had a sharp mind, quickly adapting to the times to start a business on the digital technology platform. Typical examples include young man Nghiem Tien Vien (born in 1990) with the GoStream application supporting livestream on the Facebook platform, top 30 in the world, or young man Nguyen Van Tai - Director of Anh Duc Tai Company Limited specializing in the garment industry, despite his young age, he was honored with the award of top 100 outstanding young entrepreneurs in Vietnam...
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The effective operation of these economic types has shown the strong entrepreneurial spirit of Nghe An youth in the new situation. From here, it has contributed significantly to the development of the whole province's economy, supporting job creation for thousands of local workers.
Nghe An youth start-ups have helped create jobs for thousands of local workers. Illustration: Thanh Quynh
PV:It is clear that Nghe An youth have made strong changes and achieved many results in the past term. So behind those achievements, is the association a solid support for them to practice, contribute and mature?
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy:The chapters at all levels have had many solutions to accompany young entrepreneurs in starting a business that are suitable to the organizational capacity and meet the needs of local youth. In particular, to create a solid foundation for young people in the process of starting a business, there are many projects and solutions to provide vocational training, job connections, and transfer of science and technology.
Regarding capital, as of February 2024, the total outstanding loan balance from the Social Policy Bank was over VND 1,059 billion; the capital source from the National Employment Fund through the Central Youth Union with a capital of over VND 4.1 billion has been disbursed for 150 projects, creating jobs for over 1,000 workers. The Youth Entrepreneurship Support Fund of Nghe An province has disbursed VND 1.4 billion for 28 projects.
The Association has also organized many programs and campaigns to accompany young people in training and developing life skills, improving physical fitness, cultural and spiritual life. Finally, creating a training environment and organizing practical activities for young people to participate in such as supporting the community, joining hands to implement projects towards disadvantaged areas, participating in cultural connection activities... has helped union members and young people to cultivate awareness, responsibility and patriotism.
The gathering and building of solidarity and unity among youth has always been a focus of the Youth Union at all levels in recent times. Photo: Thanh Quynh
PV:Entering a new term, what do you want to say to the youth of Nghe An?
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thuy:The 2019 - 2024 term ended with many outstanding marks of the provincial Youth Union at all levels. Entering the new term, with the spirit of "Nghe An Youth studying and following Uncle Ho's teachings, aspiration - pioneering - solidarity - creativity - development", the Provincial Youth Union set out the task in the coming term to effectively implement the movement "I love my Fatherland" and the program "Building a strong Vietnam Youth Union" through the work of union officials, members, building grassroots organizations and improving the quality of collective member organizations of the Vietnam Youth Union. Expanding the work of solidarity and gathering young people. At the same time, innovating coordination work to effectively implement coordination programs, joint resolutions, expanding the scope and objects of cooperation, creating resources for the activities of the union.
Nghe An Youth is determined to continue competing to successfully implement the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels, the Resolutions of Congresses of Vietnam Youth Union at all levels, contributing to building an increasingly civilized and prosperous homeland!
PV:Thanks for the chat!
The Vietnam Youth Union of Nghe An province was awarded the emulation flag by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union for leading the work of the Union and youth movements in 2023. Photo: Vietnam Youth Union of Nghe An province
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