Opening of the 16th Nghe An Business Union Sports Tournament

This year's tournament has 21 men's teams and 6 women's teams. Photo: Thanh Le

The tournament is a traditional playground for union members and youth of Nghe An Province's Business Bloc, thereby creating a vibrant and joyful atmosphere and launching a movement to improve health for young people, completing tasks well in production and business.

Leaders of the Provincial Business Party Committee presented souvenir flags to units participating in the 2019 tournament. Photo: Thanh Le

This year's tournament features 21 men's teams and 6 women's teams. The teams will compete in a qualifying round to reach the quarterfinals, then a knockout round to determine the best team to enter the semi-finals and finals.

The tournament takes place from March 16 to 24, 2019 at Hung Phuc artificial turf field (Vinh city).

The organizers presented flowers to sponsors. Photo: Thanh Le

At this tournament, the Organizing Committee gave gifts to 20 young workers in difficult circumstances, each gift worth 500,000 VND. Photo: Thanh Le

The new feature of the 2019 tournament is that the tournament will be organized on a large scale, systematically and with many notable new points such as: this year is the first year that women's football teams have the opportunity to compete with other teams in the Enterprise sector; The Organizing Committee will vote and award the beauty queen prize to the female athlete.

Immediately after the opening ceremony, exciting qualifying matches took place. Photo: Thanh Le

The tournament is a practical activity of the Provincial Business Union in response to Youth Month 2019, celebrating the traditional day of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union March 26, 1930 - March 26, 2019.