Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Moscow (VNA) – The government and youth of Vietnam always accompanyyoung people around the world, a Vietnamese official said at the Meeting ofMinisters Responsible for Youth held in Moscow, Russia on October 12-13.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Trong Thua said Vietnam' policy is tobuild a generation of youngsters with comprehensive development, patriotism,revolutionary morality, sense of civic responsibility and socialist ideals.
They must be well educated and have jobs, good health, soft skills and strong will,as well as master science and technology, becoming high-quality human resourcesmeeting requirements of the era of stepping up industrialization and modernization,he said.
Besides opportunities, Vietnamese youth are now facing many challenges such aslack of jobs, soft skills and knowledge on health care and personaldevelopment, he said, adding that they are yet to be independent, active andcreative, failing to meet international integration requirements.
The Vietnamese representative spoke highly of Russia’s initiative to coordinatewith the UN in organising this meeting, which offers governments an opportunityto share experience in realising youth development policies.
He suggested the UN adopt a global agenda on defining the role of young peoplein achieving sustainable development. Countries need to devise mechanisms toensure youth’s involvement in building and implementing policies, especiallythose related to them, he said.
They should commit to investing in realising young people’s initiatives toboost the development of the society and community for sustainable developmentas well as fostering international cooperation to share experience in buildingand enforcing youth development policies, he added.
Attracting over 70 delegations from the five continents, the meeting aimed to sharegood practices on each country’s youth policy, define the role of youngsters inachieving sustainable development and build a contingent of active andadaptable young people.-VNA
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Trong Thua said Vietnam' policy is tobuild a generation of youngsters with comprehensive development, patriotism,revolutionary morality, sense of civic responsibility and socialist ideals.
They must be well educated and have jobs, good health, soft skills and strong will,as well as master science and technology, becoming high-quality human resourcesmeeting requirements of the era of stepping up industrialization and modernization,he said.
Besides opportunities, Vietnamese youth are now facing many challenges such aslack of jobs, soft skills and knowledge on health care and personaldevelopment, he said, adding that they are yet to be independent, active andcreative, failing to meet international integration requirements.
The Vietnamese representative spoke highly of Russia’s initiative to coordinatewith the UN in organising this meeting, which offers governments an opportunityto share experience in realising youth development policies.
He suggested the UN adopt a global agenda on defining the role of young peoplein achieving sustainable development. Countries need to devise mechanisms toensure youth’s involvement in building and implementing policies, especiallythose related to them, he said.
They should commit to investing in realising young people’s initiatives toboost the development of the society and community for sustainable developmentas well as fostering international cooperation to share experience in buildingand enforcing youth development policies, he added.
Attracting over 70 delegations from the five continents, the meeting aimed to sharegood practices on each country’s youth policy, define the role of youngsters inachieving sustainable development and build a contingent of active andadaptable young people.-VNA
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