The Vietnam Esperanto Association (VEA) under the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) and the Vietnam Esperanto Youth Organization (VEJO) on December 16 held the opening ceremony of the 41st Esperanto youth joint conference in Hanoi, VNA reported.

The conference is held alternately between countries every year. It is an event that helps young people exchange cultures, strengthen solidarity and mutual understanding between countries and promote the development of the Esperanto movement between countries.

Esperanto Speakers from 8 Countries Come to Vietnam. Photo: Dinh Hoa

Focusing on the strong development of technology and its impacts on human life, the event took place in the capital city and the northern province of Ninh Binh from December 15-18, with the participation of Esperantists from eight countries, namely India, China, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam.

Pham Mai Lan, the member of the VEA Standing Board, said that the Esperanto youth joint conference was formerly a joint conference between youths of three countries China, Japan, and the RoK. Vietnam then became the fourth country to participate in it. To date, the conference has attracted the participation of other Asian countries and the interest of Esperantists of all ages.

Hoan said that the Covid-19 pandemic has completely changed the normal life of humanity. One of the visible effects of the pandemic is that people rely more on technology due to the lack of face-to-face communication.

For this reason, the organizing committee decided to choose the topic of the effects of the rapid development of technology on life for this year's conference so that Esperanto speakers can exchange information and discuss issues that can affect people's lives in the future.

Hoan expressed her hope that this event could be an opportunity for the Vietnamese public to have deeper access to Esperanto, as this is considered a language that can help people around the world move closer together.

Vietnamese students enjoy participating in a special Esperanto course with Hungarian Esperantoist Juliana Vas- Szegedi at the Conference. Photo: Ngoc Chau

Vice President of the Global Esperanto Youth Organization Ŝnehaĝa Venkatesh said that technology has helped people connect in online activities. Thanks to that, Esperanto speakers can still promote the development of the movement, help each other improve their proficiency, and popularize Esperanto globally. Therefore, in addition to developing direct activities, internationalists also need to promote online activities, applying the strong development of technology to strengthen solidarity, and mutual understanding and promote solidarity. promote the development of the Esperanto movement among countries.

Delegates discussed issues such as the role of Asian youths in Esperanto development, the future of the Esperanto youth conference, and the use of technology and game applications to learn languages.

Esperanto is an artificial language constructed in 1887 by Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof, a Polish oculist, and intended for use as an international second language. Over the past 100 years, His goal was to eliminate language barriers in international communication and promote world peace. Esperanto has become the world's most popular international artificial language. According to some studies, there are more than 2 million speakers of this language globally.

This language first appeared in Vietnam in the 20th century and has contributed to disseminating and promoting cultural exchanges, thus helping boost friendship and cooperation between the people of Vietnam and other countries.

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