12th National HCYU Congress successful: union officials

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee held a press meeting on December 16 to announce the outcomes of the union’s 12th National Congress that had wrapped up earlier the same day.
12th National HCYU Congress successful: union officials ảnh 1The press meeting to inform the outcomes of the 12th National HCYU Congress on December 16 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committeeheld a press meeting on December 16 to announce the outcomes of the union’s12th National Congress that had wrapped up earlier the same day.

Thepress meeting was chaired by First Secretary of the HCYU Central Committee BuiQuang Huy, Secretary of the HCYU Central Committee Nguyen Tuong Lam, head ofthe central committee’s organisation commission Bui Minh Tuan, and head of thecentral committee’s information and education commission Nguyen Thai An.

The 12th National Congress for the 2022 - 2027 tenure took place in Hanoi from December 14 to 16, with the participation of981 delegates representing over 6.2 million HCYU members and nearly 22 millionyoung Vietnamese people at home and abroad.

Atthe congress, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivered an importantspeech in which he affirmed the Vietnamese youth’s major role in nationalconstruction and safeguarding during revolutionary periods and the last tenure.

Notingboth achievements and shortcomings, he outlined the focal tasks of the HCYUand youth movements in the current context, expressing his hope that HCYU unitswill properly perform the duties in the new tenure, according to HCYUofficials.

12th National HCYU Congress successful: union officials ảnh 2First Secretary of the HCYU Central Committee Bui Quang Huy at the press meeting (Photo: VNA)
The congress reviewed the implementation of the 11th NationalHCYU Congress’s resolution; identified targets, tasks, and measures for the HCYU’sactivities and youth movements in the new tenure from 2022 to 2027; elected the 12th-tenureCentral Committee; and supplemented and amended the HCYU’s statutes.

Theevent elected a 144-member HCYU Central Committee in the 12th tenure .At its first session, the Central Committee elected a 33-member Standing Boardand a six-member Secretariat.

BuiQuang Huy, alternate member of the Party Central Committee and First Secretaryof the 11th-tenure HCYU Central Committee, was re-elected FirstSecretary in the 12th tenure.

Atthe congress’ closing session, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam and FirstSecretary Huy signed a joint resolution on regulations on thecoordination between the Government and the HCYU Central Committee for the 2022- 2027 period.

OnDecember 17, all the 67 subordinate HCYU committees will hold a day ofjoint action to show their determination to carry out the congress’s resolution,heard the press meeting./.
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