Three Vietnamese students enters speech contest’s final round in Republic of Korea

Three students of Vietnamese origin have qualified for the final round of the first national bilingual speech contest, held in Seoul on October 6 for primary school students from multicultural families from across the country.
A student of Vietnamese origin has qualified for the final round of the first national bilingual speech contest. (Photo: VNA)
A student of Vietnamese origin has qualified for the final round of the first national bilingual speech contest. (Photo: VNA)

With the theme of introducing and being proud of the family, the contest aims to raise general awareness about multicultural families and improve the language skills of children from multicultural families.

The contest also aims to awaken the connecting role of people-to-people diplomats through improving the communication and bilingual connection of children from multicultural families.

The contest has attracted the participation of more than 100 primary school students across the country who will participate in competitions to demonstrate their bilingual abilities.

The final round had a total of 20 students and they were divided into 2 groups: junior class (from grade 1 to grade 3) and senior class (from grade 4 to grade 6).

Students will speak for a total of 5 minutes in Korean and 2 minutes and 30 seconds in their original languages.

NDO