Rejuvenation into practical action
On the morning of June 25, at the solemn session of the 13th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, term 2026-2031, Mr. Nguyen Tien Hung - Secretary of the Hanoi Youth Union delivered a presentation with the theme: "Promoting the role of the Union in educating revolutionary ideals, morality, and cultural lifestyles for union members and youth in the new era".
According to Mr. Hung, in the article "Youth with the future of the country", General Secretary and President To Lam pointed out to our youth: "Patriotism in the new era is not only expressed by emotions, but must be expressed by knowledge, action capacity, the spirit of conquering new peaks of science and technology and the will to master the future of the country".
Today's revolutionary ideal has a sharp and practical shape: That is bravery, creative capacity, aspiration for technological autonomy and a strong desire for a prosperous and powerful Vietnam.
Looking back at the past journey, we are proud that the Youth Union organization is strongly restructuring its activities, creating a shift from the surface to the core of the movement.
Rejuvenation into practical action: From a large number of youth volunteers participating in building 500 kV power lines, overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, storms and floods, digital literacy teams, community digital transformation; to campaigns that have never had red coverage in cyberspace with billions of interactions.
These are the most visual proofs that when ideals are placed in the right flow of the times, young people are always ready to contribute.
With that determination, the Hanoi Youth Union has concretized the central government's directions focusing on two key task groups:
First, on the political and ideological front, the Hanoi Youth Union established a solid "line of defense" from the grassroots level through task force 35, Young Theory Club and groups to grasp public opinion of 191 affiliated grassroots youth unions; effectively implemented the "Political Commentary Contest to Protect the Party's Ideological Foundation" according to the motto of widespread coverage, sharpness and depth.
In 2026, the contest received strong response from the Capital's youth with more than 140,000 entries; Actively organized campaigns "Building the value of the Capital's youth model in the new era", "One good news every day, one beautiful story every week".
At the same time, establish green zones in cyberspace with a system of 579 community pages with more than 1 million members who are civil servants, public employees, police, youth union officials and people in localities.
Second, in practical action, the ideals, ethics and lifestyles of union members and youth of the Capital are effectively tempered through volunteer movements associated with meaningful projects and tasks. Two typical youth projects nationwide in 2024 and 2025 are: "Encoding 310 red addresses" and "Restoring 1000 martyrs' photos" have partly illustrated the results that the youth of the Capital have strived for in the past time.
The application of virtual reality technology and AI chatbots has transformed historical lessons into attractive interactive experiences, helping revolutionary ideal education become closer, more natural and deeper into the minds of young people. Or the journey of restoring faded martyrs' photos is the journey of touching hearts.
Looking back at the faces of the twenty-year-old soldiers who fell for national independence, young people will better understand the value of peace, know how to cherish history, thereby forming a positive attitude of life, aspiration to dedicate themselves and contribute to building the Capital and the Country.
The spirit of dedication is also affirmed through the effective participation in local political tasks, typically 300 "Digital People's Education" teams, 126 volunteer teams supporting the government at 2 levels, Team 8, 800 volunteers serving the A80 event and many other meaningful tasks.
Promoting the implementation of 3 groups of solutions
Besides the wide open opportunities, young people are under a lot of invisible pressure that directly affects their ideology and lifestyle. That is the confusion amidst a "sea" of real - fake, good - bad information intertwined. In the virtual world connecting everything, many young people feel lonely, lost and easily fall into harmful, deviant trends.
Therefore, the Youth Union organization must play the role of a true companion well. With that spirit, in the next phase, the Hanoi Youth Union will promote the implementation of 3 groups of solutions:
First, strongly shift from one-way education to education through experience. Bring dry one-way propaganda content into the digital interactive space. When young people are "role-played" through virtual reality or learning and competing on digital platforms, theoretical and historical lessons will be absorbed in the most natural and profound way.
Second, communicate with "frequency": Touch emotions with young people's language. Boldly eliminate cumbersome templates, package messages into concise, highly viral formats such as podcasts, short-videos or infographics with rich and creative content. In particular, take young people to lead young people. Use their own true embarking stories to ignite the fire instead of rigid slogans.
Third, arouse the desire to contribute and realize noble values. The most effective way to educate ideals, morality and lifestyle is to put young people in a practical contribution environment, so that they see themselves as valuable, and see their noble ideals bring good things to the community.
The Youth Union organization continues to strengthen the creation of an environment for young people to use their own intellectual and professional skills to solve community problems, so that each young person can start to have great aspirations from small actions and real effectiveness.
