Military Region 4 Command closes 2018 Sports Festival

This year's sports festival attracted 1,936 athletes from 22 teams of agencies and units of the Military Region competing in 10 events including: 4 combined military sports, strong soldiers, applied swimming, overcoming obstacles; cross-country running; unarmed combat, football, volleyball; table tennis; and badminton.

Athletes compete in the 100m race. Photo: Nguyen Duc Cuong

Athletes compete in the armed swimming event. Photo: Nguyen Duc Cuong

Previously, from August 22 to September 30, 2018, the Organizing Committee of the Military Region Sports Festival successfully organized the volleyball and men's football events. The men's football event was to select high-achieving athletes, form a team, and organize training to participate in the Viettel Cup football tournament for the entire army taking place in the near future.

Ha Tinh Provincial Military Command won third prize in men's football. Photo: Nguyen Duc Cuong

The results of the Sports Festival clearly reflected the awareness and responsibility in leadership, direction, and organization of implementation of Party committees and commanders at all levels for training in general and physical training in particular, ensuring that soldiers always meet the increasingly high requirements of the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, as well as building a "Revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and gradually modern" Army.

The Organizing Committee awarded Flags to the units that won First, Second, and Third prizes. Photo: Nguyen Duc Cuong

As a result, the Organizing Committee awarded the First Prize Flag to Division 324; Second Prize to Tank Brigade 206; Third Prize to Division 968; presented Flags to the groups that won First, Second, and Third prizes in the competitions and Certificates of Merit to 12 individuals who won First, Second, and Third prizes in the competitions.