(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of March 20, in Vinh City, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank) Nghe An branch to organize the launching ceremony of the Olympic Running Day for the health of the whole people and the 8th Sacombank Cross-Country Race for community health - Nghe An province in 2016.
Attending the event were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, along with representatives of provincial departments, branches and nearly 1,000 athletes from districts and cities in the province.
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| Athletes at the Opening Ceremony. |
The launching ceremony of the Olympic Running Day for the health of all people and the 8th Cross-Country Race with Sacombank for the health of the community in Nghe An province in 2016 is an activity to practically celebrate the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26) and the 70th anniversary of Vietnam Sports Day (March 27).
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| Comrade Le Minh Thong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee on behalf of the provincial leaders presented flowers to the participating athletes. |
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| Provincial leaders participated in the race to demonstrate their strength with athletes. |
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| Female high school athletes compete in the 1,500m race. |
The Sacombank Cross Country Run for Community Health is a competition held annually to evaluate the sports movement in localities and is also a place to discover and train excellent athletes for the province.Minh Quan
