On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnam Sports Day, Khanh Hoa Province's sports industry organized some ebullient sports activities, attracting the participation of thousands of people.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Vietnam Sports Day, Khanh Hoa Province’s sports industry organized some ebullient sports activities, attracting the participation of thousands of people.
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| Leaders of organizations and departments join Olympic Running Day. |
The activity which was attended by most people was Olympic Running Day named “For the whole people’s health”, held by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Nha Trang City People’s Committee and provincial Youth Union. This was a practical activity aiming to encourage people in the province to actively engage in physical activities.
More than 6,000 people, who were leaders of organizations and departments in the province, officers, pupils, students, people in Nha Trang City, Cam Ranh City and some districts, gathered at 2-4 Square on March 26 to join the sports event. The participants ran along Tran Phu Street and chanted the slogan “Physical exercise – sports, healthy, healthy, healthy”, emanating an atmosphere full of energy, attracting attention of many tourists. “I have been in Nha Trang for a few days. I often go to the beach to do exercise. The cool and fresh air of Nha Trang beach in the morning is good for exercising. I am happy joining Olympic Running Day,” said Nguyen Van Thong, a Vietnamese American.
One the same day, Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism also held the provincial Cross-country Tournament 2016, participated by over 80 players from the localities in the province. The athletes competed in four events, including young women, professional women, young men, and professional men. According to the professionals, at this year’s tournament, the three localities Ninh Hoa, Khanh Vinh and Nha Trang showed a strong cross-country movement. In recent three years, these localities have made quite good investments in cross-country through maintaining regular tournaments at grass-roots level. In addition, the localities’ sports departments have coordinated with the education departments to improve sports facilities and quality of sports training in schools; hold school cross-country races; send players to district-level and province-level sports festivals.
In this tournament, Ninh Hoa team won two first prizes in young men event and professional women event, two second prizes in young women event and professional men event, resulting in whole-team first prize. Nha Trang team scooped second prize for whole group while Khanh Vinh team placed third.
According to Vo Ngoc Hung, Deputy Director of Khanh Hoa Provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, such activities will partly help to promote the development of the cross-country movement in the province.
A.N
Translated by H.N
