Opening ceremony of the 10th National Phu Dong Sports Festival, the largest ever

The opening ceremony of Phu Dong Sports Festival at Lach Tray Stadium, Hai Phong on the evening of July 28 - Photo: VNA

On the evening of July 28, at Lach Tray Stadium, Hai Phong, the Ministry of Education and Training coordinated with the Hai Phong People's Committee to organize the opening ceremony of the 10th National Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2024 with the theme "Phu Dong Youth - Firm Steps to the Future".

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long attended the opening ceremony. Also present were Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh, member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture andEducation ; Mr. Le Tien Chau, Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee and leaders of departments, ministries, branches and localities.

At the opening ceremony, all delegates, athletes and working forces took 1 minute to commemorate and express gratitude for the contributions of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the education sector and all people.

In his opening speech, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that in order to contribute to maintaining and promoting the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho", encouraging students to regularly practice and compete in sports, improve health, develop physical strength, train the will to rise up, contribute to moral education, personality, and comprehensive human development, the National Phu Dong Sports Festival is organized by the Ministry of Education and Training every four years.

This is a competition to discover, nurture and train sports talents for the country, an opportunity for sports talents among students nationwide to demonstrate, and an opportunity for localities to develop sports talents for their localities.

According to Minister Nguyen Kim Son, after more than 40 years of implementation with 10 times of organization, the 2024 National Phu Dong Sports Festival is the largest school Sports Festival ever.

Mr. Son assigned the task to all student athletes, referees and organizers to ensure that the 10th National Phu Dong Sports Festival takes place safely, honestly, bravely, and nobly with the highest educational spirit, as well as hoping that students will consider this an opportunity to learn rather than seek awards, and to show their best self rather than winning or losing.

At the same time, we hope that parents, teachers, team leaders and coaches will have appropriate attitudes and demonstrate an educational spirit in all situations, not turning adults' desire for achievement into pressure, competitiveness or damaging the children's spirit.

This year's Phu Dong Sports Festival has 8,919 athletes from 63 provinces and cities nationwide participating, of which the largest is the Ho Chi Minh City delegation with 663 athletes; second is the Hai Phong delegation with 587 athletes; third is the Hanoi delegation with 559 athletes.

Athletes will compete in 15 sports at 19 locations in the city, including: Table tennis at Tien Lang District Gymnasium; Volleyball in Vinh Bao District; Swimming at Ben Binh Swimming Pool (Hong Bang District); Primary school football at An Duong Stadium; Secondary school football and taekwondo at Vietnam Maritime University; High school men's football and shuttlecock in Thuy Nguyen District, High school men's football and basketball at the City Sports Complex (Duong Kinh District); High school women's football at the University of Management and Technology; Badminton at Kien An Gymnasium (Kien An District); Chess at Thai Phien High School; Athletics at Lach Tray Stadium; Tug of war at Kien Thuy District Gymnasium; Gymnastics at Thanh Nien Cultural and Sports Palace; Vovinam at An Lao District Gymnasium; Traditional martial arts at Military Zone 3 Gymnasium (Kien An).

Starting from the morning of July 28, athletes will compete in qualifying rounds in a number of sports such as basketball, soccer, table tennis, traditional martial arts, chess, shuttlecock, and badminton.

The competition takes place from July 28 to August 6, 2024.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/le-khai-mac-hoi-khoe-phu-dong-toan-quoc-lan-thu-x-quy-mo-lon-nhat-tu-truoc-den-nay-2024072823264198.htm