Youth strength motivates national development: Party leader

The Vietnam Youth Federation should work to ensure ideology and actions of young people from all classes of society are unified given their development will safeguard the country’s stability and sustainable growth.
The Vietnam Youth Federation should work to ensure ideology and actionsof young people from all classes of society are unified given theirdevelopment will safeguard the country’s stability and sustainablegrowth, stated Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.

Addressing the 7th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation(VYF) that kicked off in Hanoi on December 29, the Party Chiefaffirmed that young people are future owners of the nation and they arethe vanguard force in the national construction and defence.

They are one of the deciding factors in the country’s renewal andsocialism-building causes, the Party chief noted before 800 delegatesrepresenting Vietnamese youngsters coming from all fields nationwide andliving abroad.

He highlighted that the youth isplaced in the cornerstone of Vietnam’s human resources developmentstrategy and that the Party, State and people always have high trust andhope on them.

The leader urged the VYF tocontinue contributing to fostering the national solidarity bloc andgathering youngsters to effectively realise the Party and State’spolicies and law.

The federation’s programmes andactivities should reflect the characteristics of young people as well astheir needs and contain ideological orientations, he stressed.

Young people should be guided to follow President Ho Chi Minh’s moralexample and understand and join in fighting against the “peacefulrevolution” scheme launched by hostile forces, the leader stressed.

The Party chief also called on Party organisations, state agencies andthe entire society to create all favourable conditions and a healthysocial environment for the growth of the youth.

Inhis opening speech, VYF President Nguyen Dac Vinh said in the 2010-14period, the federation has grown strongly, especially organizationalwork, becoming a reliable friend of the youth.

Forits 2014-2019 tenure, the federation has defined to make the most ofyoung people’s powers for the national construction and defence, Vinhnoted.

During the congress, the VYF also launchedthe “I love my homeland” movement with a view of encouraging youngstersto act practically for national development.-VNA

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