Communist Youth Union's leader holds dialogue with youngsters, children

First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan on March 16 held a dialogue with young people and children across the country and abroad with connections with 70 locations.
Communist Youth Union's leader holds dialogue with youngsters, children ảnh 1An overview of the dialogue (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – First Secretary of the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee Nguyen Anh Tuan on March 16 held a dialoguewith young people and children across the country and abroad with connections with70 locations.

At the event, Tuan, who is also President of the Vietnam Youth Federation and Chairman of the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam, briefed participants on policies of theParty and the State related to young peole and children, as well as operations of the HCYU in caring for and educating the youth, while listening to their aspirations andproposals.

Tuan underlined the significance of youngsters’ trust,mettle and aspirations, which have been shown by the success of many outstandingyoung people in many areas.  

Regarding the operation of the HCYU over the years, he saidthat the union’s movements and programmes have been renovated with higherefficiency.

Particularly, amid impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and naturaldisasters, the union at all levels have applied flexible methods inimplementing its movements, with focus on optimising digital platforms, IT,mass media and social networks, he noted.

According to Tuan, in the future, in order to improve theeffectiveness of the movements, it is necessary to continue enhancing thecapacity of the union’s personnel, while renovating operation contents andmethods, and promoting the application of digital communications with thecentre being the youth.

Meanwhile, it is necessary to design different programmesfor different groups of youths and children, thus promoting their self-studyspirit and creativity amid challenges and opportunities from the FourthIndustrial Revolution and the country’s broad and deep internationalintegration.

Responding to a question on the union’s support to members andyoungsters in accessing capital sources and startup knowledge and skills,Tuan said that in the project to assist the youth in startup in the 2017-2022period, the union defined five major solutions, including the provision of knowledge and skills to young people in the field.

Currently, there are three major capital sources for youthstartups, including those from policy credits, the National Target Programmes onEmployment, angle and adventurous funds, investors, commercial banks, and fromlocalities through funds for youth startup support, he said.

So far, 28 localities nationwide have formed trusted capital funds to assist youngsters in launching startups, he noted, stressing thatthe union will work to improve access to the capital sources and strengthenconnectivity among startups.

In order to reinforce trust among youngsters and inspirethem in national construction and development, Tuan held that the union shouldpromote youngsters’ role in parallel with helping them enhance their capacity.

He also advised youngsters to be clearly aware of theirresponsibility and position in their families and society./.
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