Youth Month 2017 celebrated nationwide

Various activities continue to be organised throughout the country to mark the 2017 Youth Month and the 86th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26th, 1931-2017).
March 23, 2017 | 10:06

Various activities continue to be organised throughout the country to mark the 2017 Youth Month and the 86th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26th, 1931-2017).

In Hanoi, an online dialogue was held on March 21st between First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) Central Committee Le Quoc Phong and young people at home and abroad.

At the event, the First Secretary discussed the role of the HCMCYU in protecting the rights of the youth working at industrial zones and in protecting children from being abused.

Youth Month 2017 celebrated nationwide

First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee Le Quoc Phong (L) at the dialogue. (Photo: VGP)

The youth also talked about the meanings of voluntary movements, the support of the HCMCYU for start-ups by young people, the operations of the HCMCYU abroad, job settlement for the youth after returning from military service, among others.

On the same day, a press conference was held in Hanoi to announce a start-up festival for students scheduled for March 25th.

Deputy Secretary of Hanoi's HCMCYU and Chairman of the Hanoi Student Association Tran Anh Tuan said that the festival aims to encourage and support students with their start-ups and connect student's scientific research with start-up projects and enterprises.

The event will see the participation of around 500 students, 20 outstanding start-up enterprises and 20 investors and representatives from venture capital funds who are expected to offer jobs and capital for start-up projects by students.

The HCMCYU Centre Committee also signed a 2017-2019 co-ordination programme with the Ex-Youth Volunteers' Association of Vietnam on March 21st to promote the role of the youth in national construction and defence.

The HCMCYU of Hanoi Police also held a ceremony on the same day to honour ten outstanding young policemen from Hanoi in 2016 in recognition of their contributions to maintaining social order and safety./.

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