Nearly 1,000 athletes compete at the National Shuffle Dance, Dance and Folk Dance Sports Tournament

VHO - On the morning of July 1, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lam Dong province coordinated with the Vietnam Sports Department (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) to organize the opening ceremony of the 2025 National Shuffle Dance, Dance and Folk Dance Sports Tournament.

The organizers presented a souvenir flag to the tournament host.

In its second edition, the tournament gathered nearly 1,000 athletes from 70 clubs in 21 provinces, cities and sectors nationwide, competing in the following categories: Shuffle dance; show dance, line dance, group dance; synchronized gymnastics, zumba, flashmob, cheerleader; martial arts, traditional sports dance, health-preserving folk dance; modern sports dance and modern dance groups.

The competition has 3 age groups: 6-18 years old, 18-35 years old and 35-70 years old. Each entry lasts from 2 minutes 30 seconds to 4 minutes, with music of your choice, and is encouraged to use folk music or songs praising the homeland.

The Organizing Committee applies a 100-point scale, judging based on professionalism, creativity, uniformity, performance style and safety assurance, and will award certificates and gold, silver and bronze medals to the athletes who achieve first, second and third place. The tournament ends on July 5.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Chien - Deputy Head of the Sports for All Department - Vietnam Sports Department, folk dance sports are becoming a strong movement in all provinces and cities, attracting a large number of young people, workers, civil servants, and the elderly to participate.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Chien - Deputy Head of Sports for All Department - Vietnam Sports Department spoke at the opening ceremony of the tournament.

With the harmonious combination of physical exercise and artistic elements, folk dance not only helps improve health and flexibility, but also contributes to enriching spiritual and cultural life, connecting the community, building a healthy cultural environment in families, residential areas, agencies, schools, and businesses.

This year's tournament also has practical significance in guiding, standardizing and developing the folk dance and sports movement, avoiding spontaneous organization, lack of synchronization, and failure to comply with professional regulations.

This is also a concrete step to implement the Strategy for Physical Training and Sports Development and the Strategy for Vietnam's Cultural Development to 2030, with a vision to 2045, in line with the needs of modern society.

"Not only an artistic playground, the Tournament also aims to encourage the whole population to participate in physical training and sports, improve health, physical strength, and prevent diseases; create a healthy playground for clubs and athletes to exchange and share experiences, thereby promoting the folk dance and sports movement to become increasingly professional, standardized, and sustainably developed.

Thereby, contributing to creating motivation for localities, agencies, units and enterprises to pay attention to and invest in developing the folk dance and sports movement, serving the goal of "Healthy to work, study, build and protect the Fatherland", said Ms. Nguyen Thi Chien.

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