Chương 3 Luật Thanh niên 2005: Trách nhiệm của nhà nước, gia đình và xã hội đối với thanh niên

Chapter III

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE, FAMILY AND SOCIETY TOWARDS THE YOUTH

Article 17.- In study and scientific and technological activities

1. The state shall adopt policies to create conditions for youths to complete the universal education programs, to learn jobs and to have opportunities to further their study at higher levels; to exempt or reduce tuition fees, to grant scholarships, to provide credit loans for youths to study; to provide textbooks and material support for poor youths to complete the universal education program; to create conditions for youths to participate in scientific and technological activities, to apply technical advances to production and life, to provide supports for materialization of innovative ideas in scientific and technological activities; to encourage contributions of organizations and individuals to assist youths in their study and scientific research.

2. Schools shall have to achieve the objectives of allsided moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic education; vocational education, raising of self-study capability, practicing skills and scientific methods of thinking for youths.

3. Families shall have to care for youths in their study, completion of the universal education program, development of talents; to coordinate with schools in educating youths for proper learning attitude, training them in learning styles and providing job orientation for youths.

Article 18.- In labor

1. The State shall adopt policies to encourage organizations and individuals to create jobs for youths; provide tax, credit and land preferences for development of vocational education to meet the youths’ diversified demands for job learning; develop systems of consultancy service establishments to help youths approach the labor market; prioritize job training and employment for rural youths, demobilized youths, youth volunteers after the fulfillment of their tasks of implementing socio-economic development programs and/or projects. Poor youths shall be entitled to borrow capital from the national fund for job creation, funds for hunger elimination and poverty reduction, preferential credit capital for development of production, business and/or services and self-employment.

2. The State shall adopt mechanisms and policies for youth organizations to mobilize youths for implementation of socio-economic development programs or projects in regions facing difficult socio-economic conditions or particularly difficult socio-economic conditions as well as other programs and projects so that youths shall have conditions to advance, train themselves, earn a living and build up their careers.

3. The State shall adopt tax, credit and land preference policies to encourage enterprises to provide lodgings for their young laborers, organizations and individuals to build houses for lease or sale to youths by mode of installment payment within reasonable time limits and at reasonable prices at places where young laborers are concentrated.

4. Families shall have to educate youths in the sense of labor, respect their choices of occupations and jobs; create conditions for youths to be employed.

Article 19.- In defense of the Fatherland

1. The State shall have to ensure that youths are educated, fostered in defense knowledge, tradition of patriotism, and a sense of building and defending the socialist Fatherland.

2. Agencies, organizations and individuals shall, within the ambit of their functions, and families shall have to mobilize, educate and create conditions for youths to complete the common military training programs, to fulfill their military service obligations, to act as mobilized reserve armymen and join self-defense and militia forces according to the provisions of law.

Article 20.- In cultural, art, entertainment and recreation activities

1. The State shall adopt policies to develop and encourage organizations and individuals to invest in or build cultural, art, recreation and entertainment establishments, satisfying the youths' cultural and spiritual demands; support youths in cultural and artistic creation activities; create conditions for youths to preserve and promote national cultural values and absorb cultural quintessence of mankind.

2. People's Committees at all levels shall have to build cultural, art, entertainment and recreation establishments for youths.

They must not use cultural, art, entertainment and recreation establishments for youths for other purposes, to the prejudice of the youth's interests.

3. Families shall have to educate youths in personality, cultured lifestyle, and guide them in preventing and combating social evils.

Article 21.- In health protection and physical training and sport activities

1. The State shall adopt policies to invest in, and encourage organizations and individuals to build, medical establishments, physical training and sport establishments; raise the quality of health care for the youths, provide consultancy on nutrition, mental health, reproductive health, living skills, prevent and combat narcotics, HIV/AIDS, to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, and other social diseases for youths.

2. Families shall have to care for health improvement and physical development for youths, encourage youths to take part in physical exercise and sports and a hygienic and healthy way of living.

3. Youth organizations shall have to mobilize youths not to become alcoholic, to get drunk, not to smoke.

Article 22.- In marriage and family

1. Families shall have to respect the youths' rights in marriage and family; educate them in friendship, love and necessary skills to organize their family life.

2. The State shall adopt policies to encourage organizations and individuals to participate in developing activities of consoling youths on love, marriage, family and family planning.

3. The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and other youth organizations shall coordinate with schools and families in mobilizing and agitating youths to practice progressive marriage and build happy families.

Article 23.- In participation in management of the State and society

1. The State shall adopt policies to plan, train, foster and employ youths with a view to building a contingent of young managers and leaders; create conditions for youths to participate in the management of the State and society.

2. Agencies and organizations, before deciding on undertakings or policies concerning youth, shall have to gather opinions of youths or youth organizations.

3. The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and other youth organizations shall have to study the demands and aspirations of youths so as to propose state bodies to settle them, create conditions for youths to develop.

Article 24.- State policies towards ethnic minority youths

1. To raise the quality of education at general education boarding schools and semi-boarding schools for ethnic minority pupils, pre-university schools; to implement the policy of enrolment through nomination, ensuring the right subjects and meeting the requirements of training disciplines; to exempt or reduce tuition fees, to provide textbooks and other preference policies under the provisions of law in order to create conditions for ethnic minority youths in regions facing difficult socio-economic conditions to have opportunity to learn and approach information.

2. To encourage and support ethnic minority youths to preserve and promote the national cultural identity, build up a civilized way of living, struggle against backward customs and practices.

3. To prioritize job training, employment and provision of loans for production development, application of technical advances to production and life, to bring into full play ethnic minority youths' dynamism in productive labor, raising the quality of life.

4. To train, foster outstanding ethnic minority youths in order to create sources of managerial and leading cadres.

Article 25.- State policies towards youth volunteers

1. The State shall adopt mechanisms and policies to bring into play the leading role of youth volunteer force in implementing socio-economic development programs and/or projects in difficult regions or domains, and urgent tasks of the State; ensure conditions for the youth volunteer force to fulfill the assigned tasks.

2. The State shall implement the following policies towards cadres and members of the youth volunteer brigade:

a/ To exempt them from public labor; to temporarily postpone their enlistment in the army during peacetime when they are performing tasks in regions facing difficult or particularly difficult socio-economic conditions;

b/ To be recognized as war martyrs, enjoy policies like war invalids in cases where they get killed or wounded while performing their tasks as provided for by law;

c/ To create conditions for them to raise their educational and professional levels, to participate in cultural, art, entertainment and recreation, physical training and sport activities, health protection; to prioritize the employment of youth volunteers after they have fulfilled their tasks.

Article 26.- State policies towards talented youths

1. The State shall adopt mechanisms and policies to discover, train, foster and employ gifted youths, youths recording outstanding achievements in study, scientific and technological activities, labor, production, business, management, security, defense, culture, art, physical training and sports to become talented persons.

2. To honor and create conditions for talented youths to develop and work in order to promote their capabilities to contribute to the country.

Article 27.- State policies towards youths with handicaps or disabilities, youths living with HIV/AIDS, youths following drug rehabilitation or reformation

1. The State shall adopt policies so that youths with handicaps or disabilities can have schooling, job training, be given proper jobs, enjoy healthcare services; to enjoy exemption or reduction of tuition fees at public educational establishments; to enjoy exemption or reduction of hospital charges for medical examination and treatment at state-run health establishments; to participate in social, cultural and sport activities.

2. Youths living with HIV/AIDS and youths following drug rehabilitation or reformation shall be given conditions for medical treatment, health care and rehabilitation, schooling, job-training, employment, getting rid of their inferiority complex to integrate into the community.

Youths living with HIV/AIDS who have no one to rely on or whose families have no conditions to take care of them shall be cared for at establishments set up by the State, organizations or individuals under the provisions of law.

3. To encourage agencies, organizations, families and individuals to take part in caring for and assisting youths with handicaps or disabilities, youths living with HIV/AIDS and youths following drug rehabilitation or reformation to integrate into the community.