Present at the event were Lieutenant General Tran Huu Phuc, Head of the Department of Defense School Management under the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army, and representatives of the schools in the whole army.

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An art performance at the event 
Addressing the event, General Phuc stressed that the event was held to gather contestants of the first Army English Olympiad for sharing English learning experience while enhancing understanding among academies and schools.

During the program, leaders and education management staff also shared their experience on promoting English learning among military cadets, thus contributing to meeting the task’s requirements in the current context.

The contest, themed “the army’s youth and integration, knowledge and development”, draws the participation of 18 teams with nearly 200 contestants from military schools and academies. They take part in three categories of greetings, general knowledge, and oral test for each group, while single contestant will perform their four English skills of writing, reading, listening and speaking.

Translated by Trung Thanh