This afternoon, March 18, the School Epic Contest for the 2024-2025 school year for primary and secondary school students in District 12 , Ho Chi Minh City opened with the theme "Proud of tradition - Following in the footsteps of our ancestors".
On the first day of the competition, teams from secondary schools in the district such as Nguyen Anh Thu Secondary School, Tran Quang Khai Secondary School, Nguyen Hue Secondary School, Nguyen Chi Thanh Secondary School, Luong The Vinh Secondary School... brought spectacular performances, elaborate staging, emotional acting, touching the hearts of viewers.
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Performances reenacting the 50th anniversary of National Reunification Day April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025 by students
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Until this evening, the school yard was still packed with spectators. Many people were silent when they saw the performances reenacting the resilience and bravery of the Vietnamese soldiers in the Dien Bien Phu campaign; the heroic sacrifice of the Dong Loc girls; the aspiration for peace and national reunification of the young men and women who sacrificed their youth to create the Great Victory of Spring 1975...
Mr. Khuu Manh Hung, Head of the Department of Education and Training of District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, said that the contest welcomes the 28th anniversary of the establishment of District 12 (April 1, 1997 - April 1, 2025), especially to celebrate the 50th anniversary of National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025 ).
PHOTO: THUY HANG
PHOTO: THUY HANG
Students are excited to participate in the School Epic, they said this is a great way to better understand and love the history of their country.
PHOTO: THUY HANG
PHOTO: THUY HANG
The performances were carefully and enthusiastically staged by teachers and students.
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"The contest is with cultural and artistic activities, including skits and works of national historical significance performed by students, thereby educating history, educating the heroic revolutionary tradition of the people of the heroic An Phu Dong War Zone and Red Areca Garden in particular and the history of the Vietnamese revolution associated with the Ho Chi Minh Campaign , the Great Spring Victory of 1975, and the unification of the country for students in the district," said Mr. Khuu Manh Hung.
According to Mr. Khuu Manh Hung, the contest also aims to create an artistic playground, encourage the development of musical talent and creative potential of students. Create conditions for students and teachers of schools to exchange, learn expertise and experience in teaching and learning music and organizing art clubs, effectively implementing the goal of general education in schools. In particular, from here, students will have more knowledge, love for history , and learn history better.
An emotional performance in the School Epic
Ms. Nguyen Vinh Bao Chau, Deputy Head of the Department of Education and Training of District 12, said that there were many moments when she choked up and cried while watching the performances combining stage and music of the students. "It was really emotional," Ms. Chau said about the competitions tonight.
According to Ms. Chau, the participating schools are very active. This shows that all schools have great interest in teaching music, integrating history education, patriotism education, and national pride.
PHOTO: THUY HANG
PHOTO: THUY HANG
The history of the struggle to protect the nation, unify the country and the history of building and developing the Fatherland are recreated on the emotional stage.
The organizers hope that this meaningful playground will help students understand and love the history of their homeland and country more.
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In the audience, Ms. Pham Thi Kim Ngan, Principal of Kim Dong Primary School, also said that competitions like School History create a useful and interesting playground for students. Each school and each team brings to the competition many historical events of the nation with many emotions for the audience. Not only recreating the history of the nation through the stages of fighting to protect the Fatherland and unify the country, the teams also recreate the history of building and developing Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular today.
The 2024-2025 School Epic Contest in District 12 has the participation of 25 primary schools and 15 secondary schools in the district with 40 performances. The contest will take place in the afternoons from today until March 21, with performances and awards on the morning of March 22.
Source: https://archive.vietnam.vn/nghen-ngao-xuc-dong-voi-su-ca-hoc-duong/
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