On March 25, 2024, at the Presidential Palace (Ha Noi capital), comrade Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Member of the Party Central Committee, Acting President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam met and encouraged the Association’s delegation young Vietnamese entrepreneurs on the occasion of Youth Month 2024.
Attending the meeting were Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Permanent Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Central Youth Union (HCYU) Central Comittee, President of the Central Vietnam Youth Union (VYU); Mr. Dang Hong Anh, Vice President of the VYU, President of the Viet Nam Young Entrepreneurs Association (VYEA); along with representatives of the President’s Office, HCYU Central Committee, VYU and VYEA.
Vice Presidents of the VYEA: Mr. Nguyen Hong Phong, Mr. Phan Thanh Thien, Mr. Nguyen Doan Thang, Mr. Nguyen Tien Long, Ms. Luu Thi Thanh Mau, Mr. Hoang Cong Doan; along with members of the Presidium, members of the VYEA’s Central Committee and some outstanding young entrepreneurs attending the program.
At the meeting, Mr. Dang Hong Anh, President of the VYEA, reported on the organization and activities of the VYEA over more than 30 years of formation and development. From the Viet Nam Young Business Club – the first precursor organization of the Viet Nam Young Entrepreneurs Association and Movement (1993), under the leadership of the HCYU in the youth movement and as a collective member of the VYU, up to now, the Vietnamese Young Entrepreneurs movement has spread throughout all parts of the country. The young business community across the country not only operates strongly in localities but also connects together into a unified bloc, creating strength and prestige in the image of Viet Nam’s young business force. The VYEA has been established in 63 provinces and cities; 2 economic groups (Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group, Viet Nam Rubber Industry Group) ; 15 affiliated clubs with a total of nearly 19,000 members; Nearly 300 full-time officials work at the offices of the Central and local Young Entrepreneurs Association; 112 Young Entrepreneurs Clubs belong to the local Young Entrepreneurs Association. In particular, the Association’s member businesses are generating annual revenue of over 40 billion USD (contributing more than 10% of the country’s GDP) and creating jobs for more than 5 million workers.
Many generations of Association leaders and young business members have joined hands to create a large movement, creating many unique values and activities, bearing important marks such as: Red Star Award (first organized in 1999) honors outstanding young entrepreneurs; Viet Nam Gold Star Award (first held in 2003) votes and honors typical Vietnamese brands and products; The program of voting and awarding the title of outstanding Young Entrepreneurs (first held in 2015) honors outstanding young entrepreneurs; Viet Nam Private Economic Forum (organized by the Association since 2016) is a policy dialogue channel between the Government and the private business community.
International cooperation activities, trade promotion, trade connections, and use of each other’s products and services; Mobilizing resources and organizing meaningful social security activities (with resources of hundreds of billions of VND/year) have also been implemented effectively, actively, and practically by the VYEA, leaving behind A good mark on the image of the Association and young entrepreneurs, recognized and highly appreciated by leaders of the Party, State and social community.
In addition, participating as a member of the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Association and the Asia-Pacific Young Entrepreneurs Association is an important step in affirming the position and image of Vietnamese Young Entrepreneurs to the community. business and business community in the region and the world.
In particular, last November 2023, the VYEA celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Vietnamese Young Entrepreneurs movement, with the participation of 1,000 representative young businessmen nationwide. Comrade Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Prime Minister attended and spoke at the 30th Anniversary of the Viet Nam Young Entrepreneurs Movement, which recognized and highly appreciated the organization and activities of the Association. At the same time, assign tasks to the Association to continue promoting the work of building a strong Association organization both at the Central and local levels; continue to contribute more actively to the country’s socio-economic development.
At the meeting with comrade Vo Thi Anh Xuan, the VYEA and representatives of young entrepreneurs expressed their thanks to the Party, State, ministries and functional agencies for always removing difficulties and making decisions. timely for business development, always supporting and accompanying the development journey of the VYEA and the sustainable development of young entrepreneurs; At the same time, we have proposed and proposed a number of ideas to continue removing difficulties and obstacles in production and business, promoting the most favorable business and investment environment for businesses to develop, aiming to bring The country grows strong and prosperous.
Speaking at the meeting, Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan said that currently Viet Nam has about 920,000 operating businesses, more than 31 thousand cooperatives and more than 5 million business households. The team of entrepreneurs, including young entrepreneurs, has developed strongly, becoming an important contributor to socio-economic development, promoting industrialization, modernization of the country, and economic integration. world economy; Many dynamic young entrepreneurs have appeared, daring to think, daring to do, innovating, and successfully starting businesses, thereby affirming their reputation and brand in the country, gradually reaching out to the region and the world.
Besides, the VYEA has made strong developments, becoming a prestigious social-professional organization; perform well the task of uniting and gathering young entrepreneurs, actively contributing to the country’s socio-economic development. The Acting President congratulated, praised and recognized the achievements that the HCYU Central Comittee, the VYU and the VYEA have achieved in the work of gathering and uniting young entrepreneurs during this time. last time.
“The Association has launched many movements that have practical meaning and spread throughout the social community. Young entrepreneurs have strived to rise up, legitimately enrich themselves, their families, their homeland, and do a good job of social security and responsibility to the community. That is the right direction of the HCYU Central Comittee, the VYU and the VYEA”, assessed the Acting President.
The Acting President said that the 13th Party Congress has set the goal: by 2030, our country will be a developing country with high average income; By 2045, it will become a developed, high-income country. To successfully implement those goals and tasks, requires the efforts of the entire political system, businesses and people. Among them, Vietnamese enterprises have an important position and role, being the core of the country’s economy.
According to the Acting President, the business team is one of the core forces contributing to promoting the cause of industrialization, modernization of the country and international integration. In that spirit, the Acting President requests that departments, ministries, branches and localities continue to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the Party and State’s guidelines and policies on entrepreneurs, focusing on the Resolution 41 dated October 10, 2023, Politburo on “building and promoting the role of Vietnamese businessmen in the new era” for effective implementation in practice. The Acting President requested the HCYU Central Comittee, the VYU relevant ministries and branches to continue to monitor and grasp the development situation of the young business team, including the activities of the business association. children to promptly propose and solve difficulties and obstacles that arise in practice.
At the same time, it is recommended that the VYEA needs to promote the results and achievements achieved in recent times, continue to innovate the content and form of activities to keep up with world trends and be consistent with the needs of society. requirements of the country, and at the same time must be close to the needs of its forces.
“We must determine the roles and responsibilities of young entrepreneurs in the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland in the current period. You have to play two roles, pioneering in economic development and supporting the country, so your responsibilities and missions are very high. From then on, I hope that you continue to have aspirations in career development, career aspirations, and dedication aspirations; Only young people who can engage in difficult tasks can our country make a breakthrough and develop,” Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan emphasized.
The Acting President hopes that the VYEA will continue to perform well its role of representing the young business community; is an important bridge bringing the Party and State’s policies to the young business community; There are many specific and practical activities to support youth and young entrepreneurs to start businesses, innovate, and develop sustainable production and business activities; contributing to building a team of young Vietnamese entrepreneurs to develop strongly.
Response from the Acting President, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Permanent Secretary of HCYU Central Comittee, President of the VYU, on behalf of the Secretariat of HCYU Central Committee and Standing Committee of the VYU Presidium, thanked for their concern. the attention of the Party, the State and the Acting President personally to young entrepreneurs.
Mr. Luong said he would comprehend and absorb the opinions of the Acting President and start working immediately in the near future; HCYU Central Comittee and the VYU will accompany and promote the creative responsibility of young entrepreneurs to build the country, worthy of the Party and State’s trust in young entrepreneurs.
