More than 1,700 students participated in the 17th Vinh City Phu Dong Sports Festival

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Vo Van Mai - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training; Comrade Nguyen Van Lu - Standing Deputy Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee; representatives of departments, branches and sectors of Vinh province and city; along with a large number of teachers and students across the city.

The 17th Vinh City Phu Dong Sports Festival is a festival to demonstrate strength, the result of physical education activities in schools, the result of the movement "Physical training following the example of great Uncle Ho".

This is also an opportunity for teachers and students to pay more attention to health training, promote the emulation movement of practicing sports in schools, constantly improve students' physical strength, and contribute to the implementation of comprehensive education goals.

The 17th Vinh City Phu Dong Sports Festival will be held as a sports festival for young students in the whole city, through activities to select teams to participate in the cluster and district level Phu Dong Sports Festival, the 20th Nghe An Province Phu Dong Sports Festival in 2024 and to encourage and support sports activities to improve the physical and intellectual health of students in schools.

This time, the Vinh City Phu Dong Sports Festival gathered more than 1,700 students to participate and compete, marking a new step forward in physical education.

At the sports festival, there are 8 competitions for primary school, 12 for secondary school and 10 for high school.

Accordingly, the Primary School block will compete in 8 events: Athletics, Men's Soccer, Table Tennis, Chess, Basketball, Swimming, Shuttlecock and Aerobics.

Middle school students compete in 12 events: Soccer, Table Tennis, Chess, Shuttlecock, Volleyball, Badminton, Aerobics, Athletics, Basketball, Pole Pushing, Vovinam and Swimming.

High school students compete in 10 events: Soccer, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, Shuttlecock, Chess, Athletics, Vovinam, Basketball and Swimming.

The 17th Vinh City Phu Dong Sports Festival will take place for 3 days from December 28 to 30, 2023./.