Opening of the qualifying round of region 3 of the '2023 National Workers' Football Championship'

Attending the event were members of the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Ngoc Kim Nam - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department; members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Kha Van Tam - Chairman of the Provincial Labor Federation, along with representatives of departments, branches, units, fans and 7 football teams in the qualifying round of region 3.

After more than 3 months of preparation, the 2023 National Workers' Football Championship organized by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor in coordination with Tuoi Tre Newspaper and the Vietnam Football Federation has officially kicked off. The tournament is a large-scale, practical activity to celebrate the 13th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union for the 2023-2028 term.

Held for the first time, the tournament aims to encourage the spirit and motivate workers, civil servants and laborers to participate.exercise, improve spiritual life. Thereby, contributing to improving labor productivity and promoting socio-economic development.

Before that, the Opening Ceremony and the qualifying round of region 1 took place in Hai Phong city, with 16 exciting and high-quality matches. Hai Phong 3 Trade Union Team won the championship of the qualifying round of region 1 and got the first ticket to attend the national finals.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the tournament, Mr. Nguyen Manh Kien - Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the tournament, hoped that the qualifying round of region 3 taking place in Nghe An - a locality with a long tradition of football, will have good and exciting matches, with a noble spirit of sportsmanship and solidarity.

Accordingly, the qualifying round of region 3 will take place from September 22 to 24, at Vinh University's football field, with the participation of 7 teams: Trade Unions of Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh provinces, Vietnam Electricity Trade Union and People's Public Security Trade Union.

7 teams are divided into 2 groups, playing in a round robin. The 1st and 2nd teams of each group will enter the semi-finals to compete for a ticket to the final. The team that wins the final match and the champion of the qualifying round will participate in the final round of the Football Championship.WorkerNational 2023 takes place in November in Binh Duong.

Immediately after the opening ceremony, at Vinh University's football field, 3 matches took place: Nghe An Provincial Trade Union with People's Public Security Trade Union; Nam Dinh Provincial Trade Union with Ha Nam Provincial Trade Union; Ninh Binh Provincial Trade Union with Vietnam Electricity Trade Union.