Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed the youth is a keypart of society, the nation’s backbone, a vanguard force of therevolution and future owner of the country.
At the10 th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union(HCMCYU) in Hanoi on December 12, Trong urged the organisation toserve as a bridge between youngsters and the Party and nation, and boostthe implementation of Party guidelines and State policies.
Trong asked the union to help the Party assemble and train youngstersas well as build a young generation with political will, intellect andcreativity to inherit the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party andnation.
Describing it as a reliable reserve forceof the Party and the necessity of youth activities to the survival ofthe nation, he stressed that the Party, State and people pin their hopeon the HCMCYU and Vietnam ’s younger generations. He added that theyhope the union will improve its function and mission to train youngstersas vanguard soldiers that will uphold the flag of the Party andPresident Ho Chi Minh to the end.
Nguyen Dac Vinh,alternate member of the Party Central Committee and First Secretary ofthe HCMCYU Central Committee in its 9 th tenure, highlighted theunion’s past achievements, which, according to him, are the drivingforce behind the development of youth movements.
The HCMCYU will continue to improve the quality of youth unionactivities, expand the solidarity front to gather youngsters and upholdthe vanguard role of the entire Party, people and forces to successfullyrealise the country’s industrialisation and modernisation cause for arich and strong nation and a democratic, equitable and civilised societyto transform Vietnam into a modern-oriented industrialised country by2020, he said.
Vinh further said the youth unionwill step up patriotic emulation campaigns to utilise the wisdom,strength, creative and vanguard spirit in the nation’s construction anddefence, as well as cater for the legitimate needs and aspirations ofyoung people.
Themed “Youth: aspirations forbuilding the nation”, the event attracted 999 outstanding youth unionmembers nationwide and saw the presence of President Truong Tan Sang,Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen SinhHung and Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central CommitteeHuynh Dam./.VNA