On the morning of December 18, in Hanoi, the 9th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union, term 2024 - 2029, with the theme "Vietnamese youth are patriotic, aspirational, united, pioneering, creative, and confident in entering the new era", began its solemn session with the participation of 980 official delegates who are cadres, members, and outstanding youth in various fields at home and abroad.
The Congress analyzed and reviewed the colorful picture of the Association's work and the youth movement during the past term and decided on important issues of the Association and the Vietnamese youth movement in the next 5 years.
Speaking at the opening of the solemn session, Mr. Nguyen Tuong Lam - Vice President of the Vietnam Youth Union, 8th term - said that, overcoming many difficulties and challenges, the Union's chapters at all levels have made efforts, promoted creativity and responsibility to successfully implement the goals and solutions of the Union's work and the youth movement set forth by the 8th Congress, term 2019-2024.
The movement "I love my Fatherland" has been widely deployed, has strong appeal and spread, is truly a flag of encouragement, urging, and calling on many classes of youth, creating an environment for youth to practice, experience, and promote the spirit of shock, volunteerism, and creativity of youth.
Many new models and good practices have been implemented, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The work of uniting ethnic minority youth, religious youth, workers in industrial parks, export processing zones, and youth in boarding houses has made great efforts and achieved certain results.
Many new, typical and advanced factors among the youth have been discovered and honored, contributing to creating a beautiful image of the Vietnamese youth in the new era.
According to Mr. Nguyen Tuong Lam, in the context, new opportunities and fortunes of the country, Vietnamese youth, with the role of "being the ones who provide revolutionary support to the previous revolutionary generation, and at the same time being the ones in charge of and guiding children - the future generation of youth", is a force that "has great honor but also great responsibility", must continue to be the pioneering force, leading the charge in the era of breakthrough and accelerated development of the nation.
Reporting on the results of the past term, Mr. Nguyen Kim Quy - Permanent Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union, 8th term - said that in the 2019 - 2024 term, the work of the Union and the youth movement took place in the context of many complicated and unpredictable developments in the world and region.
In that context, most Vietnamese youth have a spirit of patriotism, national pride, always firmly believe in the leadership of the Party and the path to socialism, actively participate in social activities, and volunteer for community life.
In particular, during the term, the Association's chapters at all levels have widely and effectively implemented the Journey "I love my country".
This is an annual activity to concretize the movement "I love my Fatherland", thereby arousing the inherent patriotism of young people, urging members and young people to identify their responsibilities towards family, society and Fatherland.
