The Vietnamese Students’ Association (VSA) Central Committee’s Standing Board on May 23 held a dialogue with Vietnamese students inside and outside the country to listen to their aspirations and opinions in various issues.
Vietnamese Students’ Association (VSA) Central Committee’s Standing Board at the dialogue (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Students’ Association(VSA) Central Committee’s Standing Board on May 23 held a dialogue with Vietnamesestudents inside and outside the country to listen to their aspirations andopinions in various issues.
Addressing the event, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh CommunistYouth Union (HCMYU) Central Committee and President of the VSA Nguyen MinhTriet said that the dialogue aims to directly discuss with and answer questionsof students regarding matters of their concern.
The forum is expected to inspire students’ desire for making devotions in all fields of life and society, contributing to building aprosperous, happy and sustainable country, he said.
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMYU) Central Committee and President of the VSA Nguyen Minh Triet addresses the event (Photo: VNA)
Ha Viet Hoang from the Hanoi Technology of Science andTechnology, the winner of The Brain Vietnam 2019, said that in order to encouragestudents’ devotion inspiration, it is necessary to create a favourableenvironment for them to develop.
Hoang also raise a question on the VSA Central Committee’s efforts to attract young talents to students’ movements.
Responding Hoang’s question, Ho Hong Nguyen, head of the HCMYUCentral Committee’s School-aged Youth Department and Vice President of the VSA, said that the association always accompanies youngsters, while continuouslyrenovating themselves as well as its programmes and activities to meet demandsof the youth.
Along with designing data-driven activities, the associationalso encourages the youth, especially young talents, to devote themselves to youthmovements, contributing to the national construction and defence.
Answering the questions on orientations and measures to supportneedy students to overcome difficulties, a VSA representative said that withthe determination to not leave any student behind, in the coming time, theVSA Central Committee will continue to mobilise resources and increase supportingactivities for needy students, while giving special attention to students in difficult conditions.
The representative called on the VSA chapters in cities andprovinces nationwide to join hands in the work, and expressed hope thatbusinesses and donors will continue to assist needy students to overcomedifficulties.
During the dialogue, participants also discussed theimplementation of a number of students’ movements, the digitalisation inoperation of the association, students’ voluntary activities, students’engagement in protecting the Party’s ideological foundation and State laws insocial networks, students’ studying and researching activities, and the developmentof the VSA among students abroad./.
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Vietnamese Students’ Association (VSA) Central Committee’s Standing Board at the dialogue (Photo: VNA) 
Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMYU) Central Committee and President of the VSA Nguyen Minh Triet addresses the event (Photo: VNA) 
