Youth Dialogue – Celebrating 25 years of UNESCO in Vietnam

The event was organized by the Unesco office in Hanoi in coordination with the Vietnam National Commission for Unesco.

With a priority focus on youth, the program created an open forum for those who are directly implementing development programs in the three areas of Unesco Education, Science and Culture to share and dialogue with the younger generation about Unesco's priorities and framework for comprehensive development in Vietnam to date and youth participation in new programs and new priorities.

Leaders and guests attending the program.

The students’ sharing and questions showed that they were deeply interested in social, economic, educational, environmental issues and the role of Unesco in supporting Vietnam. The students themselves demonstrated their role as global citizens, ready to join Unesco in actively contributing to finding solutions to challenges, towards a better future for Vietnam and the world.

At the event, Mr. Firmin Edouard Matoko, Assistant Director-General for External Relations and African Affairs shared: “Indeed, both Vietnam and UNESCO recognize the essential role of youth in addressing the most pressing challenges of the world and Vietnam. Over the past 25 years, UNESCO has implemented many meaningful projects with Vietnamese youth in all its areas of expertise: youth promoting innovation and creativity, ensuring women and children of ethnic minorities have access to education, or encouraging young people's creative ideas in combating climate change and coping with environmental challenges”.

At the dialogue, Mr. Ha Kim Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for Unesco, had a very interesting and inspiring interaction with the students. He encouraged the young people to nurture their dreams, beliefs and determination to turn their dreams into reality, towards a future that contributes to the sustainable development of the country and furthermore, to become leaders of Unesco.

On this occasion, the program also organized a small grant awarding ceremony for cultural projects from the SOVICO Group's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Pilot Program, supported by the Unesco Office in Hanoi to develop strategies and provide technical advice. Three grants worth USD 5,000, USD 10,000 and USD 20,000 were awarded to three outstanding projects including:

Event scene.

The initiative aims to transform the traditional brick and tile making village “Mang Thit Red Kingdom” which is at risk of being wiped out into a contemporary heritage, a green and creative city, integrated with the sustainable development strategy of Vinh Long province and the country, proposed by a group of multidisciplinary experts.

The project “Vietnam Adventure - Southwestern region” - this is a unique picture book project, aiming to explore and introduce to readers the cultural values, customs and natural beauty of the Southwestern region of Vietnam proposed by the Du But Books group.

The research project aims to survey and conduct in-depth research to select the core values, quintessence and most typical characteristics of products from the Jrai ethnic folk wood carving craft in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province, proposed by Mr. Nong Bang Nguyen, Institute of Ethnology.

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/doi-thoai-thanh-nien–ky-niem-25-nam-unesco-tai-viet-nam-post318607.html