Nghe An students won first prize in the national youth competition to study and follow Uncle Ho.

On the evening of December 14, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Education and Training organized the summary and award ceremony of the 2019 contest for Youth studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle.

Attending the event were comrades: Vo Van Thuong - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Phung Xuan Nha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Education and Training, Head of the competition's Steering Committee; Phung Khanh Tai - Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Nguyen Anh Tuan - Standing Secretary of the Central Youth Union, President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union.

The national final round of the 2019 Youth Competition on Studying and Following Ho Chi Minh's Thought, Morality and Style took place on the morning of December 14 in Hanoi;divided into 3 groups, including group A for high school students; group B for university students; group C for educational administrators, lecturers, young teachers, union members, youth, Vietnamese international students, and those interested in taking the exam (under 35 years old).

Each group has 30 contestants and goes through 3 rounds. In the first round, 30 contestants take a multiple choice test on the Organizing Committee's computer to select 10 excellent contestants to enter the second round and continue to select 4 best contestants of the second round to continue to the final round for ranking.

Student Dau Huy Minh, class 12A2, Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, won the first prize in group A - high school students, along with two first prizes in group B belonging to contestant Huynh Thanh Than, class 56E, Faculty of Foreign Economics, Foreign Trade University, campus 2 and first prize in group C belonging to contestant Pham Van Truong, Ea - Po commune, Cu Jut district, Dak Nong province.

In addition to the 3 First prizes, the Organizing Committee also awarded 9 Second prizes; 18 Third prizes, and many other prizes.

Student Dau Huy Minh takes a photo with his teacher. Photo: Minh Chi

At the summary and award ceremony tonight, the Organizing Committee also awarded Certificates of Merit to 10 departments of education and training; 30 universities and 10 high schools with the highest student participation rate. Including Nghe An Department of Education and Training, Vinh University and Vinh Medical University.

The 2019 Youth Competition on Studying and Following Ho Chi Minh's Thought, Morality and Lifestyle was organized by the Ministry of Education and Training in coordination with the Central Propaganda Department and the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

After 7 months of launching (from May 2019), the contest attracted nearly 500,000 students, managers, young teachers, union members, youths in the country and Vietnamese students studying abroad to participate; including more than 400,000 high school students.

Candidates will go through three rounds of online multiple-choice tests, each consisting of 30 questions related to President Ho Chi Minh's teachings for the younger generation; lessons on Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style; basic contents of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament, the work "Mass Mobilization" and the work "Improving revolutionary morality, wiping out individualism"; Ho Chi Minh's ideology on Vietnam's seas and islands; basic contents of professional ethics standards according to Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style; achievements and results in the cause of national construction, defense and development under the leadership of the Party, especially in the 33 years of renovation (1986 - 2019), major policies in the Documents of the 12th National Party Congress.

At the end of the qualifying round, the contestants with high scores continue to participate in the semi-final round in each group in the form of online multiple choice tests. At the end of the semi-final round, the Organizing Committee selects the 30 best contestants in each group to compete in the national individual ranking final round.