Party General Secretary To Lam attended the plenary session of the ninth National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation in the 2024-2029 tenure in Hanoi on December 18.
Thirty-eight outstanding young people with disabilities across the country were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 7 within the framework of the programme “Toa Sang Nghi Luc Viet” (Shining Vietnamese fortitude).
A representative of Vietnam has affirmed the youth’s commitment to joining hands in climate change response, while attending a plenary session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum in New York on April 17.
Volunteers from the US engaged in practical social security activities in Tan Phu Tay commune of Mo Cay Bac district, the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, from March 11 to 16.
A campaign named “Million steps of kindness” was launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) and the Vietnam Youth Federation on February 25 to call on the community to engage in physical activities to raise donations to the needy.
The Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) Central Committee and Google jointly organised a forum on information safety on cyberspace for young people and the elderly in Hanoi on November 30.
Forty youngsters and volunteers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have provided funding and working days for the construction of four houses for the needy in Tan Thanh Binh commune, Mo Cay Bac district of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre.
The Vietnamese and Cambodian youth federations held high-level talks and signed an agreement for cooperation in the 2022-2027 period in Hanoi on October 24.
Agencies of the National Assembly (NA) will continue to fine-tune and organise the implementation of policies related to people with disabilities, creating favourable conditions for them to access social services, Vice Chairman of the NA Nguyen Khac Dinh affirmed on December 13.
A Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia youth exchange programme took place virtually on October 22, sharing knowledge on the nations’ friendship and their young people’s experience in COVID-19 prevention and control and adaptation to digital transformation.
Nguyen Ngoc Luong was elected as President of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) at the 4th conference of the Presidium of the VYF Central Committee and the 5th meeting of the 8th VYF Central Committee for the 2019-2024 tenure held via videoconference on September 9.
Close to 1 million free meals worth 15 billion VND (653,274 USD) have so far been offered to disadvantaged people who are affected by COVID-19 across 28 provinces and cities nationwide since April.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Vietnam Youth Federation held an exchange programme on April 15 between 24 Vietnamese peacekeepers who have returned from the UN mission in South Sudan and over 500 local young people.
The Vietnam Youth Federation provided support for nearly 2,000 start-up projects of youths in 2020 amidst complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters.
Hundreds of thousands of masks and protective suits will be sent to the central city of Da Nang, home to the country’s first locally-transmitted COVID-19 outbreak after nearly 100 days, under a programme jointly organised by the Vietnam Young Doctors’ Association and agencies.
The Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) Central Committee on April 29 launched the 2020 “I love my Fatherland” journey, which will feature a large number of activities for young people between now and National Day (September 2).