November 06, 2017 | 21:03 (GMT+7)
Soldiers to join first English Olympiad in army
PANO – The General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army will organize the first English Olympiad for the military in mid-November.
The event will draw the participation of 18 teams with 180 members from officers’ training schools in the whole army.
Team of the Air Defense Air Force Service in a training session ahead of the competition
Accordingly, they will compete in two categories for individuals (listening, speaking, reading and writing skills) and groups (introduction and eloquence).
To prepare for the competition, the schools have actively established their own teams for further English training.
Lieutenant General Tran Huu Phuc, Head of the Department of Defense School Management under the General Staff, affirmed that the coming contest aims to evaluate the outcomes of teaching and studying English in the military schools.
In addition, the competition creates a sound playground for the contestants to meet and exchange their experiences in learning the foreign language.
Translated by Van Hieu