As the two agencies of highest articles submitted for the Researching Contest of 60 years of Dien Bien Phu Victory co-sponsored by Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Binh Duong Newspaper, and Provincial Youth’s League, the Provincial Youth’s League and Department of Education and Training have contributed to the promotion of information dissemination and education of people’s history and patriotism amongst officers, teachers, youths, and students locally.Education of patriotismProvincial Youth’s League won the first place in the contest as a team of highest submission – 11,000 articles amongst nearly all 23,000 articles of the contest. Majority of youths of the the province have joined the event of history and tradition education.

Youth’s League members of Thu Dau Mot City are visiting the tomb
of General Vo Nguyen Giap on the 69th year of Vietnamese People’s
Military (from December 22, 1944 to December 22, 2013). Photo by N. Nhu. By good preparation, organizers have succeeded in mobilizing the mass to the contest through website information and TV shows.Majority of social classes from veterans, workers, officers to youths have joined the contest with well established writing and displaying related to Dien Bien Phu Campaign. The contestants have especially expressed their deep sentiments on Dien Bien Phu Victory and their roles in current national defense and building, asserted by Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Mai as Deputy Secretary of Provincial Youth’s League.As asserted by her, the contest was to intrigue the spirit of fighting and victory of soldiers in the campaign. Then, they could uphold such spirit in overcominig current challenges and catching up opportunities in the light of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Doctrine in leadership of the Party to protect a socialist nation in the new stage.Reviewing tradition of education and training sectorOrganizers have received 6,449 high quality articles from Department of Education and Training – the runner-up team of the contest. Contestants from the department have aimed for quality to win prizes.Evaluating such results, Mr. Dang Thanh Sang, Deputy Director of Department of Education and Training said that the plan has been smoothly implemented to call upon the plenum to join including students and teachers.The Researching Contest of 60 years of Dien Bien Phu Victory does not only hold the great meaning of people’s liberation but tremendous contribution toeducation and training sector.Sang asserted that the attraction of the contest has worked as a special tool to stress on the importance of history subject in schools and the inspiration of such subject amongst the students and the younger generation.“Active participation means the expression of patriotism. Department of Education and Training has robustly acted this out thanks to the major historical value and responsibility of the contestants. From such meaning, they should be more for today life and the uphold of major history events,” Sang said.Reported by N. Nhu – T. Le – Translated by Vi Bao