(VOVworld) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Friday held a direct dialogue with delegates to the Youth Union's 10th National Congress in Hanoi.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung holds dialogue with youth. (Photo: VOV)

Hundreds of questions came in about urgent issues facing youth such as employment, vocational training, their involvement in new rural development, and mobilization of young overseas Vietnamese to contribute to national construction. Answering questions about the enrolment and training of young human resources, Mr. Dung called that Youth Union members a reliable reserve force of the Party ‘The Party and government always give prominence to the role of young people, considering them the revolution’s vanguard. Youth work is vital to the nation. The Party and government have promulgated many preferential policies and incentives on training a qualified youth generation. But in recent years, Vietnam has faced a lot of challenges and restrictions. All of us need to combine our efforts to turn Vietnam into an industrialized nation by 2020. The government will continue to support youth development and the activities of the Youth Union so that the young generation will be a reliable reserve for the Party. The Government is always ready to hold dialogues about your concerns.’

Prime Minister Dung also talked about a policy to attract young overseas Vietnamese to work for Vietnam. He said ‘Vietnam is hungry for young, qualified personnel. The Party and government have not only improved education and training for young people at home but also mobilized young Vietnamese living and studying abroad. Four million Vietnamese are living abroad, 100,000 of them are students. The Party and State have adopted policies to encourage these people to serve their homeland. We’ll review existing policies and make necessary revisions in the hope that every Vietnamese citizen around the globe will share the burdens of their country.’

On this occasion, the Government Office and the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union signed a joint resolution on cooperation and exchanges to educate the younger generation in the interest of political quality, morality, and Party leadership among young people. The resolution will take effect in February, 2013.