ASEAN youth empowered to unleash potential: ASEAN chief
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn reaffirmed ASEAN leaders' commitment to empowering the youth to unleash their full potential when he had a dialogue with ASEAN youth in Hanoi on April 22 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Future Forum (AF 2024).
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn (centre) at the dialogue with ASEAN youth. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – ASEANSecretary-General Kao Kim Hourn reaffirmed ASEAN leaders'commitment to empowering the youth to unleash their full potential when he had a dialogue with ASEAN youth in Hanoi on April 22 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Future Forum (AF 2024).
At the event, Kao acknowledged thetransformative impact of youth-led initiatives and youth active engagement inpromoting understanding, unity, and progress thus far, and encouraged them tocontinue their active contributions to ASEAN Community-building.
According to the ASEAN chief, ASEAN had 224.2 million young people in 2020, accounting for about 34% of thetotal population in the region. Projections indicate that theyouth population will peak in 2038, signaling the enormous potential of this demographicsegment in shaping the socio-economic landscape and continued growth of ASEAN.
The ASEAN Leaders' Statement on the Year of ASEANYouth to strengthen the role of youth in ASEAN-community building recognised the great role of youth in creating a key driving force for growth.
Kao congratulated Vietnam over taking proactivesteps, leading the ASEAN Plus Youth Volunteer Forum and the ASEAN Plus YouthVolunteer Award. These are very important in promoting volunteer activitiesamong young people, recognising outstanding individual volunteers and youthorganisations that make positive contributions to the community.
On this occasion, Kao called for actions tofocus on promoting the collective strength of youth for regional development.He affirmed that volunteer activities play an important pillar in youthparticipation, shaping the future of ASEAN.
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son cut the ribbon to inaugurate the ASEAN Square in the campus of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)
Also the same day, Kao and VietnameseForeign Minister Bui Thanh Son cut the ribbon to inaugurate theASEAN Square in the campus of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV)./.
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ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn (centre) at the dialogue with ASEAN youth. (Photo: VNA) 
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son cut the ribbon to inaugurate the ASEAN Square in the campus of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. (Photo: VNA) 
