A term of office full of significant achievements.

Political and ideological education - a key activity.

Following the directives of the Party Committee, the School Youth Union continues to focus on implementing political and ideological education, as well as moral and lifestyle education for its members and students. With the motto of identifying this as a top priority, political and ideological education, as well as moral and lifestyle education, becomes the foundation for implementing other tasks. To effectively implement one of the two breakthroughs of the City Youth Union for the 2012-2017 term, namely "Improving the quality of branch union activities," the School Youth Union has focused on directing, developing content, and organizing branch union activities with topics such as: "Youth and the Constitution," and "Building the style of Youth Union cadres in the new era." Continuing to maintain its strengths in activities responding to the "Vietnamese Youth Studying and Following the Teachings of Uncle Ho" campaign, the University Youth Union organized the 3rd and 4th "Understanding Ho Chi Minh's Thought" school-level competitions in 2012 and 2013. Building on the success of the grassroots-level competition, the University Youth Union was entrusted with hosting the "Understanding Ho Chi Minh's Thought" competition, in coordination with the Vietnam National University, Hanoi Youth Union and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Student Association.

Innovation in professional support activities

In addition, the University Youth Union consistently maintains effective activities to advise and support its members and students in their studies, scientific research, and skill development; with a particular focus on enhancing the capabilities, qualities, and role of young faculty and staff. The Youth Union has organized career counseling and guidance activities, while also creating opportunities for members and students to meet with businesses to learn about the actual working environment and network with recruiters, such as organizing the talk show "Skills of Young Human Resources in the Business Environment"; and directing units to organize seminars on "Career Orientation" and talk shows on "Career Guidance for Students". During the past term, the Youth Union advised the School's Board of Directors to put into operation two free-to-use internet rooms with nearly 80 computers connected to the network, attracting hundreds of daily visits. This supported student union members in searching, accessing, and using information for their studies and scientific research, while also creating favorable conditions for student union members to register for courses and learn soft skills online. Simultaneously, during the past term, the English Club under the Youth Union was established to create a good environment for student union members to study, research, and communicate, improving their English proficiency. Professional activities of young staff members in various units also took place actively, with diverse content, such as submitting reports to participate in domestic and international scientific conferences (Linguistics Faculty Youth Union); The Youth Union facilitates interaction and exchange on topics related to knowledge and professional skills (including the Youth Union of the Faculty of Tourism Studies, the Youth Union of the Administrative Staff Block, etc.). In addition, the University's Youth Union continues to maintain a scholarship fund to encourage student members to participate in scientific research, awarding scholarships to projects related to the Youth Union and Student Association, and contributing to the development of the University's Youth Union and Student Association.

Cultural, artistic, and sports activities: affirming unique identity.

Throughout its term, the University's Youth Union has consistently upheld the traditions and strengths of its members and students in cultural, artistic, and sports activities, while continuing to maintain and improve the quality of social and volunteer activities. Annual events have been maintained, attracting widespread participation from members and students, such as the "New Student Talent Gala," the "Club/Team/Group Festival," etc. Most notably, the "USSH Graceful 2013" Student Elegance Contest, featuring male students for the first time, and the "USSH Champions League 2013" men's football tournament have been particularly noteworthy. In social and charitable activities, the Youth Union, in collaboration with the University's Student Union, has organized many meaningful events. The university's Youth Union places special emphasis on developing volunteer teams linked to specific fields of study, such as the Student Social Work Team, the Enactus Team, and the Thang Long - Hanoi Historical and Cultural Propaganda Team. These could be practical, on-site volunteer activities like "Removing tape from lecture halls," or volunteer trips to remote areas or support for social welfare centers, such as "Warm Winter in Ha Giang," "Square Tet," etc. Some annual activities have become "trademarks" of the student unions, such as: "Expanded Literature Faculty Drama Night" (Literature Faculty Student Union), "Gala Celebrating World Tourism Day" (Tourism Faculty Student Union),...

With its core political role, the University's Youth Union has directed and coordinated activities with the Student Association to enhance activities reflecting the spirit of humanities students. Along with maintaining well-organized annual cultural, sports, and arts activities, the University's Student Association has participated in and achieved high results in competitions outside the university, contributing to promoting the image and affirming the talents of its members and students, such as: the "Students in Culture, Sports, and Arts" competition (Champion Cheerleading champion and Miss U-league Northern region), the dormitory tour program "Journey of Student Songs" (top 10 in the national finals)...

Proactive approach to staff training

In the area of ​​staff training, the University's Youth Union consistently maintains the annual "Youth Union and Student Association Cadre Training Conference" and sends staff to attend training courses at higher-level Youth Unions to learn and make timely adjustments to the content of its work. In addition, the Youth Union has established inspection teams and conducted inspections and reviews of the activities of all affiliated units; developed and perfected new forms and detailed guidelines for the units; and regularly monitored and inspected the implementation of annual Youth Union activities. Particularly, the proactive approach in Party development has yielded significant results, with the work of guiding, training, and recommending outstanding Youth Union members for Party membership exceeding the set targets.

Expanding collaborative activities

In the context of national integration, the University's Youth Union has developed many collaborative activities to strengthen the links between the University's youth and other units within and outside the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, as well as with external agencies, departments, organizations, and businesses. The guiding principle of these activities is to demonstrate the responsibility of the youth, leverage their professional strengths, mobilize comprehensive resources to serve the Youth Union's work, and initially promote a positive image of the youth and the University within the community and society. Typical examples include: the exchange program "Breaking down gender stereotypes about professions"; the "Club Fair" and the "Cultural Exchange" program commemorating the Government's issuance of the Decree on Vietnam National University, Hanoi... The Student Union has established and maintained relationships with businesses to create connections between students and professional work environments, while mobilizing practical support resources for student activities, such as: HONDA Vietnam, Mobifone, New Focus Uniforms, Bolton English Center, etc.

The achievements made during the past term continue to mark the maturity and stability of the Youth Union's work and youth movement at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, meeting the new needs and requirements of society and the younger generation. With the results achieved during the past term, in December 2013, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities was honored to receive a Certificate of Commendation from the Prime Minister.

With the action slogan"Youth of the Humanities: Pure heart - Bright mind - Courage - Proactive - Integrated"During the 2014-2017 term, the Executive Committee of the University's Youth Union continued to affirm the important position of the Youth Union organization within the University's political system. Building on tradition and asserting its leading role in the Youth Union movement of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, the University's Youth Union gradually leveraged the unique expertise in social sciences of the University's youth in its work and youth movements, building a strong Youth Union organization that meets the needs of its members and students, and making positive contributions to the University's development.

The 8th Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, for the term 2014-2017, is about to be held with the participation of 200 delegates, representing nearly 6000 union members of the university. This marks the end of 7 Congresses – 18 years of building and developing the University's Youth Union. To move forward, many opportunities as well as challenges lie ahead. Hopefully, with "pure hearts - bright minds - courage - dynamism - integration," the union members and students will continue to build the Youth Union's work and youth movement worthy of the University's traditions and will always be a leading force in the Youth Union movement of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, the city's Youth Union movement, and beyond.