Youth committee urges integration of youth affairs into policy making

An overview of the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam's 32nd meeting (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Vice Chairman of the National Committee on Youthof Vietnam (NCYV), Nguyen Anh Tuan, urged ministries and governmental agencies tointegrate youth affairs into policy making during the committee’s 32nd meeting in Hanoi on March 2.

The NCYV closely coordinated in the drafting of the revised Youth Law, which received approval from theNational Assembly last year. It also completed the implementation of the 2011-2020strategy for Vietnamese youth development and has developed a strategy for thenext 10 years.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu said youth affairshave played an important part in the activities of governmental organisations.Most ministries and governmental agencies have launched programmes for youth,including a cultural ambassador programme as well as conferences and seminarson startups and innovation.

As Chair of ASEAN 2020, Vietnam advocated the inclusion of youth-relatedcontent in the Chairman’s Statement of the 37th ASEAN Summit, hesaid.

Tuan said the committee will continue coordinating with relevant bodies todevelop and propose youth-related policies, and will supervise the enforcementof the revised Youth Law and the 2020-2030 strategy for youth development.

He also called for an increase in information exchange between thecommittee and other organisations regarding youth affairs./.

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