Dang Hoang Giang, Head of the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations (fifth from the left) and Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee (fifth from the right) at a working session in New York. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, head ofthe Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), held a workingsession in New York on April 16 with Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi MinhCommunist Youth Union Central Committee, who is leading a Vietnamese youth delegationto the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum, which takesplace from April 16-18 at the UN headquarters in New York.
Ambassador Giang expressed his belief that the participation ofthe Vietnamese delegation at the ECOSOC forum will contribute to strengthening theposition and role of Vietnamese youth in the international arena, demonstratingtheir active contribution to joint efforts to address global issuessuch as sustainable development and climate change.
Giang briefed the delegation on theactivities of the Vietnamese Students’ Association in New York and asked the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) Central Committee to enhance connections with the association, thereby encouraging Vietnamese youth in theUS in general, and New York in particular, to actively contribute to the homeland's socio-economic development.
Luong affirmed that by attending the forum, the delegation aimed to raise thevoice of Vietnamese youth in the process of implementing the UN's major agendas and at the same time inform international friends about Vietnam's policies and achievements in relevantareas, especially youth development. He said the HCMCYU Central Committee always pays special attention to Vietnamese youth andstudents abroad, considering them an important resource for the country'sdevelopment and international integration.
First held in 2012, the ECOSOC Youth Forum serves as aplatform for youth representatives from countries around the world to exchangeideas on implementing Sustainable Development Goals, raise concerns aboutexisting issues, and propose solutions and recommendations. These opinions arethen compiled and reported to the High-level Political Forum on SustainableDevelopment, where leaders of nations meet and discuss issues related toimplementing the 2030 Agenda./.
