Dong Nai attends National Family Sports Festival

04:07, 27/07/2015

(ĐN)- The 2015 National Family Sports Competition was opened on July 25 in Lao Cai province with the participation of 300 athletes representing for typical families from 18 provinces and cities, including Dong Nai.

(ĐN)- The 2015 National Family Sports Competition was opened on July 25 in Lao Cai province with the participation of 300 athletes representing for typical families from 18 provinces and cities, including Dong Nai.

The participating families are competing in two events comprising table tennis and badminton.

Each event consisted of 4 groups: under 35’s, 36-46 years old group, 46-55 years old group and the over 56 years old group. They competed in 5 categories: parents, father-sun, father-daughter, mother-son and mother-daughter.

The festival, launched by the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism aims to encourage families to practice sports regularly, to improve knowledge on health and to build culturally aware families.

The event will conclude on July 29.

Reported by H.A