The activity is of practical significance, aiming to concretize the policy of the Ministry of National Defense and the Border Guard (BGB) on strengthening foreign language and ethnic minority language learning throughout the force, according to VNA.
The contest attracted the participation of 32 contestants from the Border Guard of 4 provinces, including Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Lai Chau and Dien Bien. These are all officials and employees directly performing tasks at the grassroots level, with a process of studying, training and using ethnic minority languages in practical work.
Speaking at the event, Colonel Nguyen Van Khanh - Deputy Chief of Staff of the Border Guard Command, Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest - emphasized: The contest is an opportunity to comprehensively assess the results of the organization of learning, fostering and the ability to use ethnic minority languages of cadres and staff, especially those forces directly performing tasks in border areas.
In the context that the border area is mainly home to ethnic minorities, proficient use of indigenous languages is extremely important. Ethnic language is not only a communication tool but also a bridge to help officials and soldiers get closer to the people and understand the people better.
Thanks to that, the border guard force does a good job of propaganda and mobilization of people to comply with the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State; participating in maintaining security and order, and developing economy - culture - society in the border area.
Through the contest, the Border Guard continues to promote the movement to learn ethnic languages, improve the quality of mass mobilization work, and build a solid all-people border defense posture. The event also creates opportunities for units to exchange, learn, and share experiences, contributing to improving the effectiveness of training and fostering cadres in the new situation.
At the contest, contestants compete in two categories: individual and collective. The individual competition includes Mong speaking and writing skills, while the collective competition requires answering questions and propaganda according to topics. The competition content closely follows the task requirements of the Border Guard and is associated with local reality.
The teams brought many vividly staged skits, highly educational, clearly showing the role of border guards in mass mobilization work, contributing to raising awareness and responsibility of people in participating in protecting territorial sovereignty and national border security.
The Organizing Committee assessed that the teams prepared seriously, invested methodically in both content, form and expression methods. Many contestants used H'Mong proficiently, pronounced correctly, expressed coherently, confidently communicated and answered the key questions correctly. Especially in the situation handling part, the teams clearly showed scientific thinking, the ability to flexibly apply ethnic languages to practice, closely following the characteristics of each area.
At the end of the contest, the first prize belonged to the Lao Cai Provincial Border Guard. The organizing committee awarded the second prize to the Lai Chau Provincial Border Guard and the third prize to the Tuyen Quang Provincial Border Guard. Dien Bien Provincial Border Guard received consolation prizes.
