Winning 23 First Prizes, Dien Chau delegation leads the Phu Dong Provincial Sports Festival
(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of March 24, in Vinh City, the closing ceremony of the 18th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival 2018 took place.
Attending the closing ceremony were representatives of the Department of Education and Training, the Department of Culture and Sports, departments, branches, and athletes participating in the sports festival.
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Delegates attending the closing ceremony. Photo: Chu Thanh |
This year's Phu Dong Sports Festival in Nghe An province took place from March 17 to 24 with 9 competitions, including: athletics, table tennis, badminton, shuttlecock, chess, volleyball, soccer, stick pushing, and vovinam. The festival attracted 1,326 athletes from 21 districts, cities, and towns in the province.
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Phu Dong Sports Festival took place with 9 competitions. Photo: Thanh Cuong |
After more than 4 days of exciting competition, the 18th Nghe An Province Phu Dong Sports Festival truly became a sports festival for young people, contributing to promoting the physical training movement, developing sports talents in students, and improving the quality of comprehensive education in schools.
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The Organizing Committee presented souvenir flags to the leading delegations of the sports festival. Photo: Chu Thanh |
At the end of the Phu Dong Sports Festival, the Dien Chau district athletes ranked first overall with 23 first prizes, 19 second prizes, and 25 third prizes. The second and third places were respectively held by the Tuong Duong and Thanh Chuong teams.
With the spirit of faster, higher, for a pure, objective, united, and learning school sports, the 18th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival took place successfully.
Hereby, the Organizing Committee requests that the Departments of Education and Training and high schools continue to have a training plan for students who achieved high results at the 18th Provincial Phu Dong Sports Festival to participate in the 10th National Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2020.

Feast your eyes on beautiful martial arts moves at the Phu Dong Sports Festival in Nghe An province
(Baonghean.vn) - The traditional martial art Vovinam is one of the most attractive competitions for spectators at the Phu Dong Sports Festival in Nghe An province. The fierce and beautiful martial arts moves of this competition bring youthfulness and new spirit to the festival.