Youth Month 2022 promotes creative spirit among young people (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) launched the Youth Month 2022 themed “Creative youth” during a ceremonyin Hanoi on March 1 on the occasion of the 91st founding anniversaryof the union.
Addressing the event, First Secretary of the HCYU Central Committee NguyenAnh Tuan highlighted the significance of the month in the context that theentire Party, people and army are making efforts to adapt to the COVID-19pandemic, and promote economic recovery and development.
The programme aims to strongly promote thecreative spirit of young people, contributing to creating works, products andideas serving socio-economic development and national defence, he said.
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Activities during the month will focus on popularising and educating theglorious traditions of Vietnamese youth and the HCYU; promoting creativity and voluntary spirit of the youth for community; supporting young people in starting a business and integrating into the world; taking care of children and teenagers; and building strong youth organisations.
A dialogue between the First Secretary of the HCYU Central Committee and youth union members and young people, a programme to award 10 Vietnam outstanding young faces in2021 and present the Ly TuTrong Award 2022 will be held within the framework of the month.
In her speech, Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee's Commissionfor Mass Mobilisation Bui Thi Minh Hoai spoke highly of the theme of this year’s programme, saying that it demonstrates the pioneering role of young people, and upholds their involvement in socio-economic development, national defence, and proactive internationalintegration.
She called on the youth and youth organisations to light upthe voluntary spirit and continue studying revolutionary ideals and traditions as well as promoting patriotism.
It is necessary to build strong youth organisationsin terms of ideology, politics, organisation and action; improve the quality ofyouth union members, and develop sources of high-quality young cadres for Party organisations and government bodies, Hoai stressed.
At the ceremony, an exhibition displaying creative products of youth, scienceand technology products researched and produced by youth union members andyoung people was opened.
The HCYU Central Committee tookthe occasion to present gifts to students in difficult circumstancesand young workers who are on production duties.
Ceremoniesto start the construction of houses of kindness for familiesof former youth volunteers and poor households; and to launch a network of 16 innovation and digitaltransformation clubs at universities, academies, and student and youthassociations of Vietnam abroad were also organised./.
