Hanoi (VNA) - The Party and State always treasure and highly value therole and position of the youth, considering them a big social force, a mainstayand a future owner of the country, and one of the factors determining thesuccess of the national industrialisation, modernisation, internationalintegration, and socialism building.

The statement was made by Party General Secretary Nguyen PhuTrong while addressing the plenary of the 12th National Congress of the Ho ChiMinh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) for the 2022-2027 tenure on December 15, now underway in Hanoi.

Regarding major tasks and orientations for the next tenure,Trong asked for more efforts to put forward measures to realise importantstances and thoughts on the youth work mentioned in the 13th National Party Congress’s Resolution.

The HCYU should help young people well fulfill their missionto the Party, the State and the nation, and nurture their aspirations in the nationbuilding and safeguarding; better the education of the young generations about the revolutionary ideal, morality and cultural lifestyle; and upholdpatriotism and national pride.

He stressed the need to innovate and improve the quality andefficiency of the operations of the HCYU and other youth and teenager organisations,considering this the core foundation for improving the quality of the union'sactivities, thus meeting the requirements of the new situation, contributing tothe building of the Party and the political system, and strengthening the national great solidarity bloc.

The HCYU should seek measures to gather young people of theethnic minority groups and religions, and those living in mountainous, islandand remote areas.

The Party leader requested youths nationwide to promotetheir pioneer role in improving the revolutionary morality; studying andtraining to gain higher expertise; labour, production andinnovation to facilitate the national digital transformation; implementingpolitical missions; sharing with the community in helping the poor andvulnerable groups; safeguarding independence, sovereignty andterritorial integrity; and maintaining political security, and social orderand safety.

First Secretary of the 11th HCYU Central Committee Bui QuangHuy affirmed that the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Vietnamese youths will loyally follow the path chosen by the Party, late President HoChi Minh and the people.

The HCYU will soon concretise the Party leader’s teachingsand proposals to have specific actions to contribure more to the nation’sindustrialisation, modernisation and international integration, he added.

The 12th congress, which will last to December 16,received congratulatory letters from the Lao People's Revolutionary YouthUnion, the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, the Communist Youth Leagueof China, the Young Communist League, and more than 30 partner organisations,international friends, embassies in Vietnam./.