More than 1,200 athletes attend Military Region 4 Sports Festival

On the morning of September 23, at the 414th Engineer Brigade (Nam Dan, Nghe An), the Military Region 4 Command held the opening ceremony of the 2019 Military Region Sports Festival; Major General Tran Vo Dung, Political Commissar of Military Region 4 attended the opening ceremony and presented souvenir flags to the delegations participating in the sports festival; Major General Ha Tho Binh - Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, Head of the Sports Festival Organizing Committee chaired the opening ceremony.

Awarding souvenir flags to the teams participating in the sports festival

At the sports festival, athletes will compete in 10 events for regular troops including: Four combined military events; Strong soldiers; Overcoming obstacles for physical training; Armed swimming; Unarmed combat in weight categories from 54 to 76kg; Men's volleyball; Men's and women's team badminton; Men's and women's team table tennis; Men's team tennis and 10km cross-country run.

For the militia and self-defense forces of the Military Command of 6 provinces, there will be 3 competitions including: Combined military triathlon; Swimming with guns and light equipment (men 100m; women 50m); Militia and self-defense martial arts (men, women).

100m race at Military Region 4 Sports Festival 2019.

Referees must uphold their sense of responsibility, evaluate athletes' achievements honestly, objectively, fairly and accurately; and select comrades with outstanding achievements to participate in the 2019 National Sports Festival.

For the athletes, we must always be calm, confident, compete with all our might, strive for the highest achievements in each event; be united, honest, noble, learn from each other and strive for the success of the 2019 Military Region Sports Festival.