Enhance responsibility, professionalism, and develop Nghe An sports to its full potential.

On the afternoon of April 12, the Culture and Social Affairs Committee of the Provincial People's Council had a meeting with the Department of Culture and Sports of Nghe An province under the program of surveying the training, coaching and implementation of policies for athletes and sports coaches in the province. Comrade Chu Duc Thai - Standing Member of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee of the Provincial People's Council chaired the meeting. Photo: MH

Attending the meeting were members of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Nghe An.

Many concerns arise

According to the report of the Department of Culture and Sports, Nghe An is currently a province with a mass sports movement that is widely and evenly developed among localities on the basis of sports that are suitable to the identity and conditions of the people.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports reported to the working delegation of the Provincial People's Council on the results of the province's sports activities. Photo: MH

Regarding high-performance sports, the province currently has a total of 19 sports and is one of the localities with good achievements in the country.

In 2022 alone, at the National Sports Festival, Nghe An ranked 18th overall; participating in the 31st SEA Games, the province contributed 17 athletes to the Vietnamese team and won 5 Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.

The above results confirm the role of training, fostering and coaching for athletes and coaches.

Comrade Luc Thi Lien - Deputy Head of the Culture - Social Committee of the Provincial People's Council raised concerns about the management and operation mechanism at Song Lam Football Joint Stock Company. Photo: MH

Along with that, the industry also always updates and applies the policies and mechanisms of the State at all levels; or proactively advises the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee to issue mechanisms and policies for officials, referees, coaches and athletes such as policies on rewarding high achievements and policies on nutrition and providing training equipment for coaches and athletes.

Leaders of specialized departments and units under the Department of Culture and Sports attended the meeting. Photo: MH

Members of the Provincial People's Council Committees attended the meeting. Photo: MH

Through monitoring and supervising activities and based on actual surveys at a number of functional units training and fostering human resources for physical education and sports under the Department, at the meeting, the members participating in the meeting raised many concerns.

It is worth noting that the province's high-performance sports achievements are still modest, not commensurate with the province's strengths, especially football. The financial support for youth football training from the state budget to businesses still has many shortcomings, affecting the slow payment of benefits for coaches and young football athletes.

Comrade Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports explained some issues raised by the Provincial People's Council working delegation. Photo: MH

Facilities at facilities performing the task of training and fostering human resources for physical education and sports in the province are still inadequate and limited.

For Nghe An Sports Gifted High School, although it has two functions of cultural education and training gifted athletes, the school has not yet carried out the task of training gifted athletes.

Comrade Chu Duc Thai - Standing Member of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Culture and Social Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: MH

Building the aspiration to develop Nghe An sports to its full potential

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council acknowledged the achievements in the field of sports and the efforts of the Department of Culture - Sports in recent times.

However, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also said that the results are not really commensurate with the potential of the province with a large population, especially with traditions and sportsmanship. Facilities serving training, fostering, coaching as well as serving the activities of athletes and coaches are still lagging behind the development chart of the province.

Comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council spoke at the meeting. Photo: MH

Stating the orientation of sports development planning in the Provincial Planning to 2030, with a vision to 2050, Nghe An becomes a center for training and selecting talents in key sports of the North Central region, and at the same time a center for supporting training to improve national sports achievements, comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi suggested that the Department of Culture - Sports proactively review and study current policies of the Central and the province along with the requirements of sports development to proactively propose the province to amend and supplement a number of policies to overcome the difficulties and shortcomings that are arising.

Along with that, strengthen education, raise sense of responsibility, professionalism and aspiration to improve among staff and coaches, thereby spreading passion and dedication to athletes, contributing to the development of the province's sports to its full potential.