Hanoi, June 25 -- To Lam made the call while addressing the 13th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Ha Noi on June 25.

In the new era, knowledge, science, data, innovation, and human quality will shape national competitiveness, he said, adding that investing in youth means investing in the country's long-term competitiveness.

For a country to achieve fast and sustainable development, maintain autonomy, and successfully integrate into the global economy, its must possesses the youth that is professionally competent, highly skilled, culturally imbued, resilient, and deeply socially responsible, To said.

He went on to say that young people should not merely study for degrees, they must study to master their own ...