Participating in the contest were 30 teams with more than 1,000 contestants, representing primary schools, middle schools, high schools, vocational education centers - continuing education centers in Dien Bien province.

Comrade Tran Hai Ha, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dien Bien province delivered the opening speech of the contest.

During 4 days (from October 23 to 26), the teams will perform their programs in no more than 25 minutes, of which the book introduction must be at least 10 minutes.

The teams performed 3 parts, including: Introducing the team; telling stories from books and talent competition.

Competition scene.

For the team introduction round, the teams introduce their participating members; school name, class, hobbies, strengths; and their own awareness of the role and importance of books and libraries to each person.

Storytelling competition based on books, each team tells a story printed in the book praising the Party, Uncle Ho, the homeland, generals, heroes who fought and sacrificed in the resistance war against French colonialism and American imperialism to gain independence and freedom for the nation; heroic sacrifices, typical examples in the period of building and defending the Fatherland; good people, good deeds; examples of overcoming difficulties to excel in studying.

Through the story, connect personal responsibility with specific actions and deeds, in order to promote the traditional historical and cultural values ​​of the nation in the work of building and protecting the Fatherland, building Dien Bien province to be more and more beautiful. In particular, in the talent competition, contestants perform with genres of singing, dancing, drama, musical instruments, poetry reading, folk dancing, and public speaking, suitable to the contest theme and age. The special point of this contest is that the organizers encourage the application of information technology, displaying images and illustrative videos in the storytelling part according to the book to increase attractiveness and creativity.

The organizers awarded souvenir flags to the competing teams.
Team introduction contest.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the contest, Mr. Tran Hai Ha, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dien Bien province, emphasized that the 2025 Storytelling Contest based on books of Dien Bien province is one of the important activities of the province, aiming to propagate and educate generations of students about the tradition of patriotism, national pride, gratitude to the Party and great Uncle Ho, about the morality of "remembering the source of drinking water", "respecting teachers", about the values, noble moral qualities; about the historical tradition, cultural beauty, and people of Dien Bien.

News and photos: THUY BIEN

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