VN-Russia Youth Forum opens

The Viet Nam-Russia Youth Forum, jointly held by the National Committee on Youth of Vietnam and the Russian Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, is organized from July 23- 29 with various activities in Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City and Quang Ninh Province.

The forum, together with the Russia-Viet Nam Youth Forum scheduled to take place in Moscow and Saint Petersburg from September 24 to October 1, aims to welcome the Viet Nam-Russia Year and the Russia-Viet Nam Year and mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the treaty on basic principles for Viet Nam-Russia friendship. 

It is also expected to contribute to educating Vietnamese and Russian young people about the traditional friendship between the two countries, while promoting the land, people and development achievements of Viet Nam. 

In his opening remarks, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Le Quoc Phong, who is also Chairman of the National Committee on Youth of Viet Nam, highlighted the Viet Nam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership as well as developments in bilateral cooperation in youth affairs. 

The forum offers a chance for young people and those working in youth affairs of the two countries to share information about and experience in this sector, especially in volunteer work, new-style rural area building and support to startups, he said. 

Chairman of the Russian Federal Agency for Youth Affairs Alexander Bugayev expressed his hope that youths will work as junior ambassadors who contribute to developing collaboration in youth affairs and people-to-people exchanges between Viet Nam and Russia.

By Hoang Ha