Vietnam has seen an increase in the number of adolescents infected with HIV, especially among gays.

VOV.VN - The 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Alumni Club of Youth Friendship (VACYF) and the 25th year of cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese youths was celebrated in Hanoi on December 23.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on building and implementing youth development policies in the 2021-2025 period was signed by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Qatar’s Ministry of Culture and Sports on December 8.

VOV.VN - The government is committed to protecting intellectual property rights for startups to realize their full potential, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the 2020 Startup Youth Forum in Hanoi on November 27.

The third forum of young Vietnamese intellectuals across the globe, themed Vietnam in 2045, took place on November 21 with the participation of 206 people under 35 in Vietnam and overseas.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Vietnam - Cuba Friendship Association held an event in Hanoi on November 6 to popularise information about Cuba and exchange activities between Vietnamese and Cuban youths.

The National Committee on Youth of Vietnam (NCYV) and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee jointly held an online ASEAN Youth Leaders’ Conference on November 3.

VOV.VN - Approximately 300 Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian students participated in a cultural exchange at the Ao Dai Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on November 1.

A photo contest honouring good deeds for children was launched by the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organisation’s Council, UNICEF Vietnam, and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)’s Central Committee on October 14.

Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Sugiyama has been announced as an art advisor and stage director at the Vietnam Youth Theatre, the first time the theatre has a foreign art advisor and director as its official member.