(ĐN)- The opening ceremony of 2014 Dong Nai provincial Sports Festival took place yesterday at Dong Nai Stadium.
(ĐN)- The opening ceremony of 2014 Dong Nai provincial Sports Festival took place yesterday at Dong Nai Stadium.
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| Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party’s Committee Tran Van Tu lights up torch estrade at the festival. |
Addressing at the ceremony, Vice Chairman Nguyen Thanh Tri of the provincial People’s Committee, who is also Head of the Steering Committee for the 7th provincial Sports Festival, highly praised the local sports achievements over the past time. The province’s sports have become more and more developed, he added.
He also stressed that the event is the largest sporting event in the province, aiming to promote the movements of playing sports among local people as well as to continue conducting the campaign of following Ho Chi Minh’s good physical training habit.
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| Art performance welcoming the festival. |
The opening ceremony attracted the participation of nearly 20,000 participants including students, cadres, and workers from departments, sectors, organizations, schools and companies across the province.
The ceremony began with a parade to show off the forces of units representing 11 districts, provincial town, city, departments and sectors in the province.
Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party’s Committee Tran Van Tu received a traditional torch, which was carried from Tran Bien Temple through main roads of Bien Hoa City to the host stadium, to light up torch estrade at the festival. The torch will light during competitive days at the festival.
After rites of the festival, 600 local singers and artists performed a song entitled “Hat quoc ca giua dao Truong Sa” (Singing National Anthem amid Truong Sa island) along with shaping the map of Vietnam.
Ending the opening ceremony was the performance entitled “Dong Nai towards a sustainable development” by 1,300 athletes from HCM city's University of Sports and Physical Training along with many local artists and students.
The festival attracted around 6,000 athletes, competing in 22 games. It offers a chance to select the best athletes for the upcoming 7th National Sports Festival which will be held in Nam Dinh province.
The closing ceremony of the festival is scheduled to take place in October this year.
Reported by H.A
