Vietnam, Cuban youth unions grow closer
Communist youth leaders of Vietnam and Cuba have vowed to work more closely together in the future.
Communist youth leaders of Vietnam and Cuba have vowed to work more closely together in the future.
During talks held in Havana, Phan Van Mai, Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) Central Committee and Yuniasky Crespo, First Secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League (YCL) Central Committee, have voiced their mutual support.
The two bodies made preparations for their participation in the 18 th World Festival of Youth and Students to be held at the end of the year in Ecuador.
Mai, who is also President of the Vietnam Youth Federation, briefed his host on outcomes of the HCMCYU’s tenth National Congress and its major programmes.
The HCMCYU is dedicated to improving education and awareness-raising work among young people to fulfil their role as pioneers in the path of national construction and defence, he said.
The Vietnamese youth leader used the occasion to praise the YCL’s contributions to the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the organisation of the World Festival of Youth and Students.
He said Vietnam could learn from Cuba as its youth representatives take a more active role in the international arena and hoped the two sides could work together more closely in the time to come.
For his part, Yuniasky Crespo thanked the HCMCYU for its backing of Cuba, considering this a manifestation of the close ties between the two countries’ youth.
While introducing the YCL’s current tasks, the Cuban youth leader affirmed that the Cuban Party and Government always work to raise the awareness and patriotism of its young people.
During his stay in Cuba from September 23-29, Mai met with President of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, Kenia Serrano, and was briefed on major programmes of action being launched by the institute.
He also paid a courtesy visit to Oscar Martinez, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department of the Cuban Communist Party, and laid wreaths at the Memorial of Jose Marti, Cuban’s national hero, and the statue of late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh.-VNA
During talks held in Havana, Phan Van Mai, Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) Central Committee and Yuniasky Crespo, First Secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League (YCL) Central Committee, have voiced their mutual support.
The two bodies made preparations for their participation in the 18 th World Festival of Youth and Students to be held at the end of the year in Ecuador.
Mai, who is also President of the Vietnam Youth Federation, briefed his host on outcomes of the HCMCYU’s tenth National Congress and its major programmes.
The HCMCYU is dedicated to improving education and awareness-raising work among young people to fulfil their role as pioneers in the path of national construction and defence, he said.
The Vietnamese youth leader used the occasion to praise the YCL’s contributions to the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the organisation of the World Festival of Youth and Students.
He said Vietnam could learn from Cuba as its youth representatives take a more active role in the international arena and hoped the two sides could work together more closely in the time to come.
For his part, Yuniasky Crespo thanked the HCMCYU for its backing of Cuba, considering this a manifestation of the close ties between the two countries’ youth.
While introducing the YCL’s current tasks, the Cuban youth leader affirmed that the Cuban Party and Government always work to raise the awareness and patriotism of its young people.
During his stay in Cuba from September 23-29, Mai met with President of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples, Kenia Serrano, and was briefed on major programmes of action being launched by the institute.
He also paid a courtesy visit to Oscar Martinez, Deputy Head of the International Relations Department of the Cuban Communist Party, and laid wreaths at the Memorial of Jose Marti, Cuban’s national hero, and the statue of late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh.-VNA
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