Meet the 9th grade girl in Khanh Hoa who played the role of President of the "Children's Parliament"

A valuable experience when being chosen as the Chairman of the "Children's Parliament "

Recently, the first mock session of the “Children’s National Assembly” was held at Dien Hong Hall, National Assembly House. The session was chaired by female “Chair” Dang Cat Tien, a student of class 9/3, Thai Nguyen Secondary School, Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province.

Cat Tien is one of three team members representing Khanh Hoa province to participate in this mock session. With her own ability and efforts, Cat Tien has excelled over other child delegates in the interview rounds and was chosen as the President of the “Children’s National Assembly”.

Delighted to have successfully completed the assigned task, Cat Tien shared that she felt lucky to have participated in the mock session. “I am very honored and proud to be entrusted with the role of National Assembly Chairwoman. This is a valuable experience for me,” Tien said.

Dang Cat Tien was entrusted with the role of President in the "Children's National Assembly" mock session. Photo: NVCC.

For the first time participating in a large-scale activity with the participation of Party and State leaders, Cat Tien confidently demonstrated the assigned role, successfully chairing the meeting with many opinions from child delegates revolving around two topics: "Prevention of accidents, injuries, violence, and child abuse" and "Protecting children to interact healthily and creatively in the online environment".

According to Cat Tien, each child National Assembly delegate in this session carries the responsibility of representing the voice and aspirations of children in the locality and the whole country. For her, with the role of "Chairman" assigned, that responsibility is even higher. That is what has motivated her to prepare carefully for the contents related to children, the guidelines, policies, and laws of the Party, State, National Assembly, and Government in implementing children's rights, and the Law on Children. At the same time, she has also proactively researched and learned about the current situation of children. From there, she can meet the requirements and provide comments and solutions to answer the questions of the child delegates in the session.

From the knowledge learned and cultivated during her life and study, Cat Tien realized that there are still many issues affecting children, especially in the online environment. Therefore, she is more determined to prepare carefully to bring practical and relevant issues to the meeting. From there, the child delegates will propose effective recommendations and solutions to meet the needs and aspirations of children on the two above topics.

At the group discussion session, the children delegates raised issues related to the two topics at the mock meeting. Photo: NVCC.

During the group discussion, Cat Tien proposed the idea of improving and enhancing the quality of content in each lesson when promoting skills to children. In addition, she also believes that it is necessary to "use technology to control technology", that is, it is necessary to apply software and applications to block and filter harmful information. According to her, there are many such applications but not many people know about them. Therefore, communication work needs to be promoted more so that more children, parents, families , and schools know about them.

To be able to confidently and boldly present at the mock session, Cat Tien practiced a lot. In particular, she reviewed the official National Assembly sessions, the demeanor of the leaders at the session; practiced, adjusted the volume, the way to pause, and pronounce appropriately... In addition to school, teachers, friends, agencies, and units, her family always supported and accompanied her in all activities. That helped her to be confident and perform well in the assigned role.

“The participants in the mock session were not only good and talented, but also very friendly and sociable. I learned a lot from them. We had fun together and exchanged useful knowledge. That is what made me feel very happy after this trip,” Cat Tien shared.

An all-round excellent student; an active and multi-talented team leader

As the captain of the Thai Nguyen Secondary School Team (Nha Trang City), Dang Cat Tien is not only active in team activities and school movements but also achieves many high achievements in studying and programs.

She possesses an academic and training record that many people admire: Second prize in the National Reading Culture Ambassador Contest in 2021; first prize in the English contest for provincial-level team leaders; first prize in the online English contest for Excellent Team Leaders in 2022; achieved excellent results at the 4th National Excellent Team Leaders Festival in 2023; achieved excellent results in the team leadership content at the 7th National Children's House Festival in 2022; achieved the title of "Brave Hero of a Thousand Good Deeds" at the provincial level in 2023; first prize in storytelling in the "Uncle Ho's Immense Love" contest at the provincial level in 2020...

In addition, she has also achieved many high achievements in painting, swimming, storytelling, English speaking competitions... Cat Tien is also a familiar MC - host in many programs and activities for children, education...

As the leader of the Thai Nguyen Secondary School Youth Union, Dang Cat Tien is not only active and talented but also achieves excellent results in studying and team activities. Photo: Chau Tuong.

Since childhood, Cat Tien has participated in skill training activities such as public speaking, playing musical instruments, singing, swimming, participating in team activities, etc. Thanks to that, she has accumulated a lot of knowledge and skills as well as used them as provisions for participating in the following activities. She always strives to improve her knowledge in study and life.

Cat Tien shared her study secret: “For me, studying is only effective when I have passion. In class, I try to listen to lectures to grasp the basic knowledge in the lessons. If I don’t understand something, I will ask the teacher to explain it again during or after class. At home, I arrange my time to complete the exercises in the book and do more advanced exercises. Thanks to this method, it helps me manage my time better so that I can participate in many movements while still ensuring my studies.”

In addition to English, Cat Tien also loves to explore science, learn about biology, physics, history, geography, etc. She studies both natural science and social science. Not only does she learn about social knowledge through watching English news, following daily news and current events ; Tien also observes and listens to sharing from friends, teachers and in life.

Besides theory, I am always interested in learning and applying knowledge into practice. Therefore, Tien registers to participate in competitions held at school, city, provincial and central levels to test her abilities. In her free time, Tien reads books and practices the violin to both entertain herself and improve her knowledge and skills.

Dang Cat Tien was honored and interacted at the program "Hero of a Thousand Good Deeds" in 2023. Photo: NVCC.

Dang Cat Tien has an academic and training record that many people admire. Photo: NVCC.

In addition to outstanding achievements in extracurricular activities, Cat Tien is also an excellent student with high achievements for many consecutive years. Ms. Phan Thi Thao Uyen, Principal of Thai Nguyen Secondary School, said that Dang Cat Tien is an excellent student in all aspects of the school. She has a very high sense of learning, is eager to learn and arranges her study time and extracurricular activities very scientifically. Not only is she an excellent student with excellent achievements, continuously leading in grades 6, 7, and 8 for 3 years; Cat Tien is also an active team leader, with many collective activity skills, helping the school's team and extracurricular activities achieve many high results.

“Cat Tien is also very friendly, sociable and knows how to share with friends. She is a role model in both studying and group activities for other friends to follow,” said Ms. Uyen.

Ms. Phan Thi Thao Uyen, Principal of Thai Nguyen Secondary School (right) advises and encourages Dang Cat Tien. Photo: Chau Tuong.

Now, as a senior in secondary school, Cat Tien said she will try her best to complete her studies; achieve high results in excellent student competitions at all levels. At the same time, she will continue to practice and improve her skills and knowledge to improve herself.

Education - Meet the 9th grade female student in Khanh Hoa who played the role of President of the Dang Cat Tien performs violin at the Christmas program organized for children at SOS Children's Village Nha Trang. Photo: NVCC.