Dong Nai wins 11 medals at National Phu Dong Sports Festival

03:07, 25/07/2016

(ĐN)- Athletes from Dong Nai province have scored 1 gold and 10 bronze medals at the ongoing ninth National Phu Dong Sports Festival as of July 24.

 

(ĐN)- Athletes from Dong Nai province have scored 1 gold and 10 bronze medals at the ongoing ninth National Phu Dong Sports Festival as of July 24.

Accordingly, the delegation won a gold medal and 8 bronze medals in Vovinam evetn, along with the other 2 bronze medals in pencak silat event.

At the National Phu Dong Sports Festival, Dong Nai delegation, with 279 athletes who are primary, junior and senior high school students, will compete in 11 out of 15 events.

The National Phu Dong Festival has been organized every four years, and it is considered as the biggest sports event in Vietnam for students, aiming to encourage sports training in school. The first National Phu Dong Sports Festival was launched in 1983.

The festival will run from July 17 until August 10 in Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces

Reported by H.A