Opening of the 26th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament - 2024

Attending the opening ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Ho Le Ngoc - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee, Chairman of the Nghe An Football Federation; Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports; Pham Ngoc Canh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Nguyen Trung Thao - Deputy Director of Nghe An Radio and Television Station; representatives of the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies; departments, branches, units and localities in the province; representatives of the Nghe An Journalists Association; representatives of FPT Television Limited Liability Company (media sponsor of the tournament).

On the side of the Organizing Committee, there were comrade Ngo Duc Kien - Party Secretary, Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee; Deputy Heads of the Organizing Committee: Hoang Van Phuc - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; Nguyen Dinh Nghia - Vice President of Nghe An Football Federation; Tran Quang Dung - Director of Song Lam Nghe An Youth Football Training Center.

Also attending were former leaders of Nghe An Newspaper through the periods; sponsors; representatives of Song Lam Nghe An Football Club; representatives of former players who grew up from the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament; journalists, reporters from central and local news agencies and newspapers; officials, people of Nghe An province and players participating in the tournament.

The 26th Youth - Children's Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup in 2024 is co-organized by Nghe An Newspaper, Nghe An Department of Culture and Sports, Nghe An Department of Education and Training and Song Lam Nghe An Football Joint Stock Company. The tournament is organized to create a useful playground for teenagers and children; encourage and motivate them to participate in training to improve their health, strengthen their physical strength, develop their qualities; discover and train football talents for the province and the country.

This year's tournament takes place from June 6, 2024 to June 13, 2024; with the participation of 32 football teams (14 youth teams, 18 children's teams) from 21 districts, cities, and towns, with 412 athletes.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the tournament, Mr. Ngo Duc Kien - Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee of the tournament warmly welcomed and thanked the delegates, athletes, coaches and football fans of the province who attended and witnessed the tournament.

The Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper also stated: It has become a tradition that, over the past 25 years, every summer, the Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament has become a festival for teenagers and children who love the king sport in the province... The Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament has gone beyond the framework of a grassroots football tournament for children and has become a useful playground, a place to nurture professional football in the province. From this tournament, many players have grown up and stepped onto national and international playgrounds.

The Youth - Children Football Tournament of Nghe An Newspaper Cup is a tournament organized in the form of socialization. The Organizing Committee is always grateful for the support and encouragement of the provincial leaders, the Party Committees and authorities at all levels; the joint efforts of the co-organizing units; the sponsors and companions... The collectives and individuals accompanying this children's playground are truly kind-hearted, typical examples in the movement "All people care for, educate and protect children", are typical examples of "Practical actions, prioritizing resources for children".

This year's tournament has also received the support and companionship of sponsors, including: Main sponsor TH Group - Bac A Joint Stock Commercial Bank. Co-sponsors: Dong Luc Sports Group Central Branch, Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam Nghe An Branch, SAVABECO Company, Vixito High-Tech Cement Investment Joint Stock Company, Nghe An Agricultural Materials Joint Stock Company, Nghe An Water Supply Joint Stock Company; Trang An Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company, Saigon Nghe Tinh Beer Joint Stock Company, Nghe An Petroleum Company, Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Nghe An Branch, Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam Nghe An Branch, Nghe Tinh Port Joint Stock Company, Hadico Vinh Tan Pickleball Club, Golden City Joint Stock Company, AC Life Skills Training Center, Vicem Hoang Mai Company; Bao Viet Nhan Tho Bac Nghe An Company, Nghe An Provincial Post Office, Dong Au Pharmaceutical and Medical Equipment Joint Stock Company - Dong Au General Hospital, Vilas Group, Provincial Association for Promotion of Education, Children's Support Fund, Vinh City General Hospital (a companion unit supporting medical work)... The sponsors have created conditions for the tournament to be organized more professionally and systematically.

Entering this 26th season, the matches will be broadcast live on Nghe An Newspaper's digital platforms, and especially for the first time, will be sponsored by the media on the strong brand television channel of FPT Telecommunications Joint Stock Company (FPT Play). This also requires the organization, expertise, content production and content distribution to be raised to a new level, in a professional and modern direction. Comrade Ngo Duc Kien expressed his hope to receive the effective cooperation of all departments and stages; the highest efforts of the members; the sharing and companionship of a large audience for the success of the tournament.

At the opening ceremony, provincial leaders, the Organizing Committee of the 26th Nghe An Newspaper Cup Youth - Children Football Tournament, and sponsors presented souvenir flags to participating teams... The Organizing Committee presented flowers to sponsors and accompanying units.

On this occasion, the Organizing Committee awarded Certificates of Merit and gifts to 161 players who achieved the title of "Good student, good soccer player"... Immediately after the opening ceremony, the first match for the youth group took place between the Hoang Mai Town Youth Team and the Hung Nguyen District Youth Team./.