Nghe An rewards 75 collectives and individuals in the sports training movement

On the afternoon of November 27, in Vinh city, the Department of Culture and Sports held a Conference to summarize the implementation of Resolution 16/NQ-CP promulgating the Government's action program to implement Resolution No. 08-NQ/TW on strengthening the Party's leadership, creating a strong development step in physical training and sports until 2020; the Campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" for the period 2012 - 2020; the Safe Swimming Program, preventing drowning of children in Nghe An province for the period 2016 - 2020.

Conference scene. Photo: Cong Kien

Attending the Conference were comrade Tran Duc Phan - Acting Director General of the Department of Sports and Physical Training, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Committee: Vo Van Dung - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of departments, branches, and provincial units; leaders of districts, cities, towns and typical examples in the movement "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and the Safe Swimming Program, preventing drowning of children.

Promote mass sports movement

Recently, the Department of Culture and Sports has advised the Provincial People's Committee to issue many documents to develop the physical training and sports movement associated with the Campaign "All people practice physical training following the example of great Uncle Ho" such as: Project "Developing high-performance sports in the period 2013 - 2020"; Safe swimming program to prevent drowning in Nghe An province"...

Comrades: Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports, Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports chaired the Conference. Photo: Cong Kien

Awareness raising propaganda activities are organized in many forms, contributing to improving the effectiveness of physical education, building a healthy lifestyle, and repelling social evils. The mass sports movement has developed strongly in many forms, attracting a large number of people to participate in training.

In 2012, the number of people participating in regular exercise reached 30.6%; the number of sports households reached 20.5%; there were 875 grassroots sports clubs. In 2020, the whole province is estimated to reach 34% of people participating in regular exercise, 23.5% of sports families and 910 grassroots sports clubs.

Female athletes under 15 years old start to compete in the 2,500m distance at the Olympic Running Day for Public Health and the Nghe An Provincial Cross Country Race 2020. Photo: Trung Kien

Annual,Department of Culture and SportsIn coordination with the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, the Vietnam Sports Federation successfully hosted 4 to 5 national sports tournaments; in coordination with sectors and units in the province, organized many socialized sports tournaments...

Maintain 19 high-performance sports with nearly 500 athletes concentrated at the Sports Training Center and Song Lam Nghe An Football Club. Continuously maintain 60 - 63 amateur sports talent classes with nearly 1,000 athletes, from which more than 150 athletes have been selected and provided for 19 sports of the province.

Regarding the Safe Swimming Program, every year the Department of Culture and Sports and the Department of Education and Training send staff to participate in the anti-drowning swimming training course organized by the General Department of Sports and Physical Training. In 2019, they jointly organized 13 classes on swimming teaching methods and anti-drowning skills for 595 primary and secondary school teachers in the province.

Comrade Tran Duc Phan - Acting Director General of the Department of Sports and Physical Training highly appreciated the results Nghe An has achieved in recent years. Photo: Cong Kien

At the district, city and town levels, 839 training classes were organized with 58,410 participants, of which 1,572 students participated in classes organized by provincial departments and branches. By the 2020-2021 school year, the whole province had 508,839 primary and secondary school age students taught swimming, knowledge and skills.drowning prevention…

The Department of Culture and Sports has supported 21 models of "Children in the whole commune know how to swim" and "Students in the whole school know how to swim". Currently, the whole province has 225 swimming pools, of which 150 meet the standard size (73 fixed swimming pools and 77 assembled and mobile swimming pools), most of which ensure the regulations on operating conditions.

Improve facilities to serve training needs

Speaking at the Conference, Comrade Tran Duc Phan - Acting Director General of the Department of Sports and Physical Training highly appreciated the results that Nghe An has achieved in recent years. At the same time, he noted that Nghe An province needs to continue to raise awareness about health maintenance; continue to invest and care for the development of the movement.sports, aiming to improve health for all people and achieve higher results in competitions...

Comrade Bui Dinh Long awarded Certificates of Merit to groups and individuals with outstanding achievements. Photo: Cong Kien

Comrade Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of the Department of Culture and Sports awarded Certificates of Merit to the collectives. Photo: Cong Kien

Speaking at the closing ceremony of the conference, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long requested the Department of Culture and Sports to advise and find solutions to build a system of facilities to serve the needs of physical training and sports. Improve the quality and effectiveness of physical education and sports activities in schools, combine physical education with education of will, ethics, national defense, life skills education and safety skills in the water environment.

Innovate and improve the system of selecting and training sports talents, improve competition results, proactively integrate and narrow the gap with strong units nationwide. Develop a plan to send athletes to join national teams and train and compete in some international tournaments; improve the professional qualifications of coaches and managers of high-performance sports...

On this occasion, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committeeaward certificates of meritfor 10 groups and 10 individuals with outstanding achievements in the Campaign "All people practice physical exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and 08 groups and 08 individuals with outstanding achievements in implementing the Safe Swimming Program to prevent child drowning.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long requested the Department of Culture and Sports to advise and find solutions to build a system of facilities to serve the needs of physical training and sports. Photo: Cong Kien

Also on this occasion, the Director of the Department of Culture and Sports awarded Certificates of Merit to 07 groups and 11 individuals with outstanding achievements in the Campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and 10 groups and 11 individuals with outstanding achievements in implementing the Safe Swimming Program to prevent child drowning.