I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Quy Nhon University (QNU)’s Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) was founded in 1977 under the Decision by the Binh Dinh Young Union Executive Committee. During the past 4 decades, QNU’s HCM CYU has always been the spearhead in Youth Union (YU) activities and movement of Binh Dinh in general and universities and colleges across Vietnam in particular. Currently, QNU’s HCM CYU has 16 inter-YU branches, 01affiliated YU branch, 260 YU branches with 12,000 members; 29 clubs and teams under the University’s YU and Student Union.
Through 18 terms, along with the development of the University, QNU’s HCM CYU - a social-political organization of the youth - always successfully fulfilled the assigned tasks, constantly grown, in both quality and quantity, contributing to the University's education and training. Inheriting and promoting the good achievements of the previous generations, in the past 40 years, QNU’s HCM CYU has made many innovations and increased its pioneering and active role and leadership qualities in mass and social activities, promoted healthy and active lifestyle and built a comprehensive development environment for young people, bringing a new appearance to the University’s YU activities and movements.
The University’s YU Secretaries through terms (since 1977)
- Mr. Trần Đức Tùng
- Mr. Nguyễn Thanh Minh
- Ms. Nguyễn Thị Lan Anh
- Mr. Đào Duy Chấp
- Mr. Nguyễn Ngọc Anh
- Mr. Đinh Anh Tuấn
- Mr. Hồ Xuân Quang
- Mr. Lê Công Hạnh
- Mr. Hà Thanh Việt
- Mr. Lê Việt An
- Mr. Nguyễn Khắc Khanh
II. FUNCTIONS AND TASKS
- Representing, taking care and protecting legitimate interests of YU members and students.
- Educating YU members on ideals, traditional ethics, lifestyles and legal consciousness.
- Cooperating with the University’s Student Union in organizing programs such as promoting learning, supporting scientific research, offering skill-training courses, organizing sporting-cultural events to help students improve their knowledge and perfect their personality.
- Cooperating with the local authorities, unions and economic and social organizations to effectively do the youth work, take care of the work of YU-building, actively build the base of the YU and the Association in the localities, and take part in the work of building and protecting the Party and the government.
- Taking charge of the work of Party-developing in students; recommending elite YU members for the Party's membership.
III. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
- Being a YU organization under the Binh Dinh YU.
- Being a 3-level YU organization: University YU, Inter-YU branches, YU branches
+ The University YU Executive Committee consists of 27 members:
+ 16 inter- YU branches
+ 256 Branches
Mr. Nguyen Khac Khanh - Secretary of the University YU
Mr. Nguyen Doan Thuan - Deputy-Secretary of the University YU
Mr. Cao Ky Nam - Deputy-Secretary of the University YU
IV. TYPICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Through the process of formation and development, QNU’s HCM CYU has matured in all aspects, creating popular emulation movements among YU members and students. It has well performed its role as one of the important political organizations in the University, contributing to the implementation of the goal of training young generations both "politically" and "professionally". Importance is placed on the work of political, revolutionary traditional, ideal, moral education. The implementation of the work of learning and following Ho Chi Minh’s moral example has created a big change in YU members and students’ perception and action. Besides, emulation movements "Studying well, training well" and "Accompanying the youth in such activities as learning, starting up, developing social skills, improving physical health, cultural and spiritual life, etc.,” have achieved many good results.
The revolutionary movements promote the pioneering characteristic of the young in building and defending the Fatherland such as "Young creative movement", "Young vanguard protect the Fatherland", "Youth volunteers" and is increasingly in touch with reality. Specifically, “For community and social security” becomes a key activity promoting the youth’s activeness and social responsibility. The University’s YU has established more than 300 volunteer youth teams to take part in new rural area-building activities, undertake and carry out the work and youth works of deep social significance. Especially since 2017, the University’s YU has organized 5 international volunteer activities in some Southern provinces of Laos to contribute to tightening the international friendship between Vietnam and Laos as well as maintaining good relations between Quy Nhon University with some Laotian provinces where a lot of Laotian students studying at Quy Nhon University come from.
The work of discovering, fostering and recommending elite members for the Party membership and commending the role models are in the focus of the University Executive Board. In 41 years of construction and growth, many outstanding YU members and collectives have been commended and awarded a lot of certificates of merit by the Central Young Union, Central Association, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Binh Dinh Youth Union, etc. Especially, in 2016, QNU’s student team won the contest "SV2016". This is a great achievement because it is the first time a university in Central Vietnam has won this title over the past 20 years.
The great maturity through the periods together with outstanding contributions to society, QNU’s HCM CYU was awarded the Third-class Labor Medal by the President.
Emulation titles
“Outstanding Units” titles in the YU work and university youth movement in years of 1991-1992, 1994-1995, 1999-2000, 2003-2004, 2006-2007, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 granted by the Binh Dinh Young Union Executive Board.
Forms of reward
- A Third-class Labor Medal awarded by the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for outstanding achievements in the cause of national construction and defense (1999).
- Certificates of Merit awarded by the Central Committee of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union for outstanding achievements in the work of Youth Union and Youth movement in the academic years 1999-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018.
- Certificates of Merit awarded by the Central Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union for excellent achievements in the Youth Volunteer Campaigns of 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008.
- Certificates of Merit awarded by the Chairman of Binh Dinh People's Committee for outstanding achievements in the movement of humane blood donation, young vanguard in the flooding seasons of 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2014.
- In addition, QNU’s HCM CYU members and collectives with outstanding achievements in the YU work and movement, the Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign have been awarded certificates of merit by Binh Dinh Executive Committee.