400 athletes attend the 29th Hanoi Journalists Association Sports Festival

(CLO) On November 1, at Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium (Hanoi), the Hanoi Journalists Association in coordination with the Department of Culture and Sports organized the opening ceremony of the 29th Open Sports Festival - 2024, with the participation of many officials and employees of central press agencies, Hanoi and some neighboring provinces.

This year’s Sports Festival has the participation of more than 400 athletes from 25 units, including reporters and editors from the Journalists Association, the Central Press Management Agency, Hanoi and some other provinces and cities. The athletes compete in 6 sports including: football, men’s and women’s tug of war, badminton, table tennis, chess, and track and field walking.

Nearly 400 athletes attend the 29th expanded Hanoi Newspaper Health Fair photo 1 — Hanoi Journalists Association in coordination with the Department of Culture - Sports organized the Open Sports Festival.

In his opening speech, Mr. To Quang Phan, Editor-in-Chief of Citizen and Encouragement of Learning Magazine, Chairman of the Hanoi Journalists Association, Head of the Organizing Committee, said that, implementing the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho", over the past 29 years, the Hanoi Journalists Association has maintained the organization of the Health Festival with the desire to create a playground for exercise, improve the health and spirit of members, cadres and employees of press management agencies and press agencies.

At the same time, create a competitive atmosphere for athletes who are cadres, reporters, and members to strive to fulfill their political tasks in professional, technical, and propaganda work of each unit and press agency.

Nearly 400 athletes attend the 29th expanded Hanoi Newspaper Health Fair photo 2 — The Health Festival is an activity of the press community in the capital, contributing to the emulation movement "Building a cultural environment in press agencies and the culture of Vietnamese journalists".

“It can be affirmed that the Sports Festival is a healthy, useful and meaningful sports playground, demonstrating solidarity, attachment and exchange between journalists in the capital with press management agencies, central press agencies, ministries and some Journalists Associations of provinces and cities,” emphasized comrade To Quang Phan.

Immediately after the opening ceremony, the athletes enthusiastically entered the competition, under the enthusiastic cheers of friends and colleagues.