Students working as tour guides compete in Le Quy Don award

Em Lâm Lê Hồng Trâm (phải) hào hứng khi được làm hướng dẫn viên du lịch tranh giải thưởng Lê Quý Đôn sáng 12-5 - Ảnh: MỸ DUNG — Lam Le Hong Tram (right) was excited to be a tour guide competing for the Le Quy Don award on the morning of May 12 - Photo: MY DUNG

This year, students competing for the Le Quy Don Prize will take on the role of tour guides. They will visit and explore the spaces arranged by the organizers at the Zoo, then choose their own seats and complete the requirements of their exam.

The test content can use knowledge of literature, math, English, then synthesize and filter with personal skills so that students can demonstrate the role of a tour guide to introduce Ho Chi Minh City.

At 8:00 a.m., with notebooks and pens in hand, along with the exam requirements to demonstrate the role of a different "tour guide" for each grade level 6, 7, 8, 9, students are free to visit 4 experience corners: Photo exhibition of 50 interesting things about Ho Chi Minh City; Tour design consulting corner; Corner to learn about the Zoo; Cuisine corner.

These corners are all staffed by experts who provide basic information. There, students can learn about destinations, programs, cuisine, etc.; how to filter and combine content to form a tour; history, geography, typical flora and fauna, etc.

In particular, children also enjoyed traditional Southern cakes to get more ideas for designing their own tour of Ho Chi Minh City.

Các em học sinh lắng nghe thông tin từ hướng dẫn viên du lịch để chắt lọc truyền tải vào bài thi - Ảnh: MỸ DUNG — Students listen to information from tour guides to filter and convey in their exam papers - Photo: MY DUNG

Minh Khoi, a 9A3 student at Hoa Lu Secondary School (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City), shared: "I really enjoy being a tour guide, researching and experiencing to filter information. The space at the Zoo is airy and cool, and we can choose the corners we like. Therefore, we feel like real tour guides to create our exams."

Similarly, Lam Le Hong Tram, a student of grade 8/2 at Nguyen Du Secondary School (Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City), shared: "I am both happy and honored to be in the final round of this contest. The contest helps me and my peers understand more deeply about the landmarks, cuisine, and historical relics of beloved Ho Chi Minh City."

Sharing about this year's Le Quy Don Award, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City - said that the goal of the exam, in addition to supplementing knowledge for students, also requires them to apply that knowledge to their work, specifically the work of a tour guide introducing tourism in Ho Chi Minh City.

"In the local education program at school, students have learned a part related to the culture and history of Ho Chi Minh City. Through this contest, the department hopes that students will learn more about the city, thereby loving the city more and building the city to develop more and more," Mr. Quoc emphasized.

The Le Quy Don Award will start in September 2023. The award ceremony and honoring of valedictorians are expected to be held in August this year.

25 years of Le Quy Don award

The Le Quy Don Award is jointly organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training and Tuoi Tre newspaper in the Red Scarf publication. All secondary school students nationwide can participate.

The subjects of the competition include: Math, Literature, English. The award has been held for 25 years. This is a learning playground to help secondary school students systematize and expand their knowledge in school, encourage them to be self-studying, compete to study well, be creative and develop.