Online quiz spotlights Vietnam - Cuba friendship

An online interactive quiz on the Vietnam - Cuba friendship will take place from September 14 to 18.
Hanoi (VNA) – An online interactive quiz on the Vietnam - Cuba friendship will take place from September 14 to 18.

It will be among activities celebrating the 60th anniversaryof the Cuban Committee for Solidarity with South Vietnam (1963 - 2023), and 50years since Cuban leader Fidel Castro first visited Vietnam and the newly liberated zonein Quang Tri province (September 1973 - 2023).

The contest, held by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)Central Committee and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aims to improve youngpeople’s awareness of the great friendship between the two countries' people as well asPresident Fidel Castro’s sentiment towards President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam. Italso looks to promote cooperation between young people of the two countries,thereby helping nurture the special friendship.

Open to all Vietnamese and foreigners in Vietnam, the contestfocuses on the history of the countries’ relations, Party and State leaders ofboth countries, outstanding contributors to bilateral ties, and cooperationachievements in all spheres during the countries’ socialism building andnational development.

It also covers knowledge about cooperation between the countries’Parties, States, Governments, and localities; the nature, people, culture,history, and socio-economic achievements of Cuba; along with the importance ofthe establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations and the signing of the Vietnam- Cuba treaty on friendship and cooperation.

The contest will be livestreamed on the Facebook pages of the HCYUCentral Committee (“Cong thong tin dien tu Trung uong Doan”) and the committee’sboard of information and education (“Ban Tuyen giao TW Doan”) from 8:30pm to9:20pm on September 14, 16, and 18.

During each livestreamed session, the host will read 10 multiple-choicequestions, and competitors will type their answers in comments within 15seconds. The one giving the biggest number of correct answers in the shortestperiod of time will be the winner.

Participants will receive 200,000 VND (8.3 USD) for each correctanswer, and the prize for the session winner is 2 million VND./.
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