Numerous sports activities for 2024 Tet holidays

Many localities in Khanh Hoa Province have planned numerous sports activities for 2024 Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays.

As usual, the unicorn-lion-dragon dance competition, one of the traditional sports activities, will open the 2024 Tet sports activities in Nha Trang City. The unicorn-lion-dragon dance competition is scheduled to take place at 2-4 Square (Nha Trang City) from January 25 to 27. 20 teams from 27 communes and wards in the city will perform more than 40 performances. Besides, there will be other competitions in chess, Chinese chess, badminton, etc.

A unicorn-lion-dragon dance competition of Nha Trang City (Photo: Vinh Thanh)

On the occasion of Tet 2024, Ninh Hoa Town continues to organize sports activities which are the typical ones of the town, including modern dance festival for Youth Union members and the youth in schools and career guidance centers; unicorn-lion-dragon dance competition; aerobics for kindergartens; flower boat festival and boat race on Dinh River; human Chinese chess competition; and morning exercise festival.

This year, Cam Ranh City will hold quite many cultural and sports activities and events to celebrate Tet. The sports activities include tournaments in volleyball, Chinese chess and basketball; boat paddling and basket boat swinging races. The mountainous districts of Khanh Son and Khanh Vinh also hold some recreational activities suitable to actual needs and local conditions for the residents, such as billiards competition, tug of war, and folk games. 

As for the activities at provincial level, the provincial futsal tournament taking place from January 20 to 27 is the first one of Khanh Hoa in 2024. The following province-level sports activities include unicorn-lion-dragon dance show on February 10 (lunar January 1) night, human Chinese chess competition on February 12-14 (lunar January 3-5), and so on.

The sports activities together with cultural and music ones promise to create a joyful and exciting atmosphere for local people and tourists during Tet holidays.

An Nhien
Translated by H.N