July 05, 2017 | 13:46 (GMT+7)
Can Tho’s kids join military semester in 2017
PANO – The Can Tho city’s Communist Youth Union, in association with the municipal Border Guard Command, on July 3, launched a military semester in summer 2017 for 122 “little soldiers”.
"Little soldiers" starting the semester at the Can Tho municipal Military Command
The program, the eighth of this kind, aims to enhance defense education in the new situation, physical training, self-discipline, and energy for youngsters to overcome difficulties and challenges. The program also helps arouse and foster students' patriotism and national pride, love for and trust in the heroic traditions of the Vietnam People's Army, contributing to raising the responsibility of young generations towards the society. Additionally, the program also creates a useful and scientific playground for students during summer to practice military skills and discipline .
At the launching ceremony, participants offered incense and flowers to President Ho Chi Minh at his Memorial Statue, Ninh Kieu wharf in Can Tho city, and started the semester at the Can Tho municipal Military Command.
Translated by Chung Anh