Attending the opening ceremony were representatives of leaders and commanders of units under the Region; representatives of officers and soldiers of agencies and units and candidates who are officers and library staff, Ho Chi Minh office working groups in the entire Region. Colonel Tran Hong Hai, Deputy Political Commissar of Naval Region 2 attend the opening and direct the contest.

Colonel Tran Hong Hai, Deputy Political Commissar of Naval Region 2, delivered the opening speech.

The 2023 Library, Reading Room, and Ho Chi Minh Room Competition of Naval Region 2 has the participation of 3 libraries, 6 reading rooms, and 6 Ho Chi Minh rooms. For the library and reading room competition, the teams participate in awareness competitions, facilities competitions, library professional books competitions, book introduction clip competitions, and book discussion competitions.

In the Ho Chi Minh City exam, candidates will take the awareness exam, the facilities exam, the Ho Chi Minh City office books exam, the introduction exam about Ho Chi Minh City office and the internal radio program exam.

In his opening speech, Colonel Tran Hong Hai requested the organizing committee and the jury to grasp the regulations, evaluate the results of each group, contestant, facilities, decoration, and arrangement of the library, reading room, and Ho Chi Minh room, ensuring fairness and accuracy. During the marking process, the strengths and weaknesses were clearly pointed out so that the units could take remedial measures, contributing to improving the quality of library and Ho Chi Minh room activities in the coming time.

The jury marked the Ho Chi Minh room exam at Battalion DK1.

In the book discussion section, with the theme "Promoting tradition, dedicating talent, worthy of the title of Uncle Ho's soldiers - Navy soldiers", units selected books about the glorious traditions of the Party, State, Army, Navy, Navy Region 2; books about the life, career, ideology, morality, and style of Ho Chi Minh; stories about typical advanced examples and books by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on "Resolutely, persistently, fighting against corruption and negativity, contributing to building our Party and State increasingly clean and strong"... to participate in the discussion.

During 60 to 65 minutes, with performances interwoven with the theme, the MC and 5 speakers from each unit will discuss and exchange about the theme and content of the selected books.

Marking the content of the book discussion at Brigade 167.

The contest aims to accurately assess the current situation of the operation of libraries, reading rooms, and Ho Chi Minh rooms in the whole region. Thereby, continuing to raise awareness and responsibility of Party committees, political commissars, political officers, and commanders of agencies and units in leadership and direction. This is also an opportunity to exchange experiences, consolidate and improve the qualifications, knowledge, expertise, and professionalism of the staff working in libraries, reading rooms, and Ho Chi Minh rooms in the coming time.

The contest will last until June 9. The organizing committee will award the collectives and individuals with the best achievements in the contest at the closing ceremony, and at the same time select the best quality libraries, reading rooms, and Ho Chi Minh rooms to participate in the 2023 Military-level library, reading room, and Ho Chi Minh room contest.

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