(HBO) - On November 24, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to hold a summary of the contest to propagate and learn knowledge of building a new countryside in Hoa Binh province in 2020.

The propaganda performances at the Contest.

The contest to propagate and learn knowledge of the provincial new rural construction took place in two days from November 23th to 24th with the participation of nearly 200 actors, propagators and artisans of 8 propaganda teams from the districts and the city. The teams went through the following competitions: decorating the propaganda vehicles, demonstrating the display of agricultural products and new rural areas, the greeting exam, the knowledge and arts exam. The topics of the contest focused on learning knowledge about building new rural areas, rural stories, the propaganda about the national target program to build new rural areas. The teams showed the basic understanding and knowledge about the national target program to build new rural areas, the methods and experience in the propaganda for officials and people so that they could understand and participate in building new rural areas through the competitions.

According to the Organizing Committee, all of the teams have invested in expertise, bringing the quality programs and performances to the contest, leaving a good impression on the viewers about the propaganda content. In particular, the programs and performances have closely followed the topics and the requirements of the Organizing Committee, and have shown quite fully the results of implementing the movement of building new rural areas in their localities.

At the end of the contest, the Organizing Committee awarded 6 A prizes, 25 B prizes, 24 C prizes and 6 consolation prizes to the participating units. In the end, for the whole delegation award, the Organizing Committee awarded 2 A prizes to the Hoa Binh city and Lac Son district, 3 prizes B to Cao Phong, Luong Son, Lac Thuy districts and 3 prizes C to Tan Lac, Yen Thuy, Da Bac districts.


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