The nine National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) for the 2024–2029 tenure officially opened in Hanoi on December 17 morning, with the participation of 980 outstanding delegates representing nearly 21 million Vietnamese youths at home and abroad.

Bui Quang Huy, born in 1977, an alternative member of the Party Central Committee and Standing Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) Central Committee, has been elected as the First Secretary of the HCMYU Central Committee for the 11th tenure (2017-2022) on August 25.