Giving comments on the preparation work and technical support, the toplegislator ordered competent units to organise the event in line with theInter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s charter as well as the host nation’straditional culture and practical conditions.
Earlier, Hue thanked IPU, IPU Forum of Young Parliamentarians, and Vietnameseministries, sectors and agencies for their close coordination to prepare for theevent.
Being the only large multilateral parliamentary event of Vietnam in 2023, the conference is an opportunity to popularise Vietnam as a modern and dynamic country,which boasts rich cultural identity, and deeply integrates into the world, he stressed.
The 9th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians is hosted by theVietnamese National Assembly from September 14-17. Nearly 500 domestic andinternational delegates are attending the event, discussing ways to promote therole of the youth in speeding up the progress of sustainable development goals.
Assoc. Prof., Dr Dao Viet Hang from the Hanoi Medical University Hospital, adelegate to the conference, said she expects to devise more initiatives incapitalising on digital transformation to improve health care capacity at thegrassroots level, and make it easier for people to get access to medicalservices.
The conference’s theme “the role of young people in accelerating sustainabledevelopment goals by digital transformation and innovation” is practical, thus alot of issues will be tabled for discussion, Hang said.
Amidst the 4th Industrial Revolution, the youth should equip themselves with necessary knowledge and skills to keep pace with digital transformation,she added, pointing that specific mechanisms and support policies should besketched out to encourage young people to develop innovative projects, whichare important to the national development./.