(Baonghean.vn) - On the evening of April 28, at the Vinh City Sports Center Gymnasium, the Opening Ceremony of the 7th Nghe An Provincial Sports Festival - 2013 was solemnly held.
Attending the event, on behalf of the central government and neighboring provinces, there were comrades: Tran Van Tuan - Deputy Director General of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee; comrade Duong Chit Chang Xay Vang - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Deputy Governor of Xieng Khouang province; representatives of leaders of departments, offices, and institutes under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; representatives of leaders of the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Thai Nguyen, and Hoa Binh provinces.
On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Major General Nguyen Sy Hoi - Deputy Commander of Military Region 4; Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee of the 7th Provincial Sports Congress in 2014; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee, representatives of leaders of departments, branches, leaders of districts, cities and towns, and a large number of people and students.
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| Carrying the national flag |
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| Sports flag procession. |
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| Bringing Uncle Ho's photo |
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| Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong read Uncle Ho's call for physical exercise. |
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| Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong lit the torch at the opening ceremony. |
Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh read the opening speech of the congress.
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| Delegates salute the flag at the opening ceremony. |
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| Red flag procession. |
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| Armed Forces Parade. |
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| The arbitration team took the oath. |
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| Provincial leaders presented flowers to the delegations. |
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| Provincial leaders presented souvenir flags to the delegations. |
The Opening Ceremony of the Congress began with a parade with the participation of more than 900 athletes. After the parade, the traditional torch of the Congress was carried back from the Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum by 9 outstanding athletes of the Provincial Sports Training Center and Song Lam Nghe An Football Club. On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, and People's Committee, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee lit the Torch of the Congress.
In her opening speech at the Congress, Comrade Dinh Thi Le Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee acknowledged and highly appreciated the progressive changes of the province's sports movement in recent years, especially the results in organizing the Sports Festivals at all levels; the attention and support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training and localities nationwide, the effective coordination of sectors and organizations in developing the province's sports movement. The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested: In order for the 7th Sports Festival - 2014 of Nghe An province to be a truly competitive festival for excellent athletes, thereby affirming the position of the sports movement of localities, and at the same time selecting and supplementing typical athletes for the provincial team to participate in the National Sports Festival held in Nam Dinh province in December 2014, athletes need to compete with the spirit of solidarity, enthusiasm, honesty and nobility; The referees uphold the spirit of responsibility, work fairly, objectively, honestly and in accordance with the law.
At the Opening Ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee read President Ho Chi Minh's call for all people to exercise. The Opening Ceremony ended with an art program and a performance to welcome the Congress with the theme "Nghe An Sports Reaching New Heights" with the participation of more than 550 students of Vinh University.
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| Mass performance |
Some pictures at the opening ceremony of the Sports Festival
The 7th Nghe An Provincial Sports Festival attracted nearly 2,000 athletes from 24 delegations of districts, cities, the Provincial Police, the Provincial Military, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The athletes competed in 2 phases: The pre-Congress phase (from February 28 to April 17) organized competitions in 9 events: pole pushing, freestyle wrestling, cross-country, karate, men's volleyball, beach volleyball, table tennis and sepak takraw; the intra-Congress phase (from May 11 to May 16) took place in 9 events: women's volleyball, athletics, swimming, shuttlecock kicking, petanque, badminton, chess, crossbow shooting, tug of war.
News: Minh Quan; Photos:Sy Minh
