More than 500 athletes participate in the 2024 National Defense Sports Festival
The sports festival was attended by 546 militia athletes from 21 districts, cities and towns in the province.

On the afternoon of July 15, at Regiment 764 (Vinh city), Nghe An Provincial Military Command held the opening ceremony of the 2024 National Defense Sports Festival.
Attending the opening ceremony were representatives of the Provincial Military Command, the Provincial People's Committee Office and 21 delegations of athletes from 21 districts, cities and towns in the province.
The 2024 National Defense Sports Festival will take place from July 15, 2024 to July 17, 2024. The competition will organize 9 competitions for regular troops and 3 competitions for militia and self-defense forces.

There are 21 teams from 21 districts, cities and towns participating in the 2024 National Defense Sports Festival. Before the provincial sports festival took place, the districts, cities and towns organized district-level sports festivals to select outstanding athletes. Each team has 26 militia and self-defense athletes... The total number of athletes participating in the sports festival is 546 people.
The competitions of the militia and self-defense force at the sports festival include: 3 combined military events (AK submachine gun shooting, grenade throwing far and in the right direction, armed running - distance 3,000m for men and distance 1,500m for women); 50m armed swimming; and militia and self-defense martial arts for men and women.

The 2024 National Defense Sports Festival is organized to evaluate the quality of physical training, sports activities and martial arts of the provincial armed forces. Through the festival, Nghe An province will select athletes to form a team and organize training to participate in the 2024 Military Region National Defense Sports Festival./.