A 135-member delegation from Vietnam will attend the World Festival of Youth and Students in South Africa from Dec. 12-21.
They will join about 12,000 other delegates from 110 countries and territories.
Speaking at a press conference on the festival in Hanoi on Dec. 8, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee Pham Van Mai said the Vietnamese delegation will enhance the image of Vietnam during the renewal process and mark the contributions of youth to national construction and defence.
The festival will take the theme, “For a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation - Let's Defeat Imperialism”.
The Vietnamese delegation will host a conference on the 80th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and participate in the international tribunal against imperialism to condemn the use of chemical substances during wars, causing an aftermath unacceptable to people. The Vietnamese delegation will call on international friends and organisations to ask for justice for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.
Vietnam will also take part in many conferences and seminars on poverty reduction and gender equality and hold bilateral exchanges with other participating delegations./.
They will join about 12,000 other delegates from 110 countries and territories.
Speaking at a press conference on the festival in Hanoi on Dec. 8, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee Pham Van Mai said the Vietnamese delegation will enhance the image of Vietnam during the renewal process and mark the contributions of youth to national construction and defence.
The festival will take the theme, “For a World of Peace, Solidarity and Social Transformation - Let's Defeat Imperialism”.
The Vietnamese delegation will host a conference on the 80th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and participate in the international tribunal against imperialism to condemn the use of chemical substances during wars, causing an aftermath unacceptable to people. The Vietnamese delegation will call on international friends and organisations to ask for justice for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.
Vietnam will also take part in many conferences and seminars on poverty reduction and gender equality and hold bilateral exchanges with other participating delegations./.
