Vietnam reduced from 10 to 2 deputy delegations at SEA Games 29
8 deputy heads of delegation who were "removed" still join the Vietnamese sports delegation but as officials.
On July 3, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation for the 29th SEA Games was established, with a total of 693 members, including one head of delegation, 10 deputy heads of delegation, 18 delegation officers, 22 doctors, 32 team leaders, 28 experts, 106 coaches and 476 athletes. The number of members is 123 more than the 28th SEA Games.
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Vietnamese sports attend the 29th SEA Games from August 11 to September 1. Photo: Duc Dong. |
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism explained that the number of deputy delegation members at the 29th SEA Games is up to 10 people, three more than the 28th SEA Games, because the number of athletes is 84 more. Vietnamese sports compete in 32 sports, four more than the previous Games. The members do not live together in the athlete village, but are distributed in five clusters of locations.
However, on July 6, Minister Nguyen Ngoc Thien worked with the leaders of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training, Deputy Minister Le Khanh Hai and related units. Minister Thien asked the General Department to review the organizational structure and composition of the Vietnamese sports delegation attending the 29th SEA Games.
The delegation decided to reduce the number of deputy delegation members to 2 people, according to the request from the 29th SEA Games Organizing Committee.The remaining eight people still followed the group and carried out the previously assigned tasks, but as officers.
Currently, the identities of the two official deputy delegations of Vietnam Sports at the 29th SEA Games have not been revealed.
The 29th SEA Games will be held in Malaysia from August 19 to 30.
| List of 10 initial deputy delegations of Vietnam Sports | |
| Mr. To Van Dong | Director of Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism |
| Mr. Nguyen Van Binh | Director of Financial Planning Department, General Department of Sports and Physical Training |
| Mr. Mai Ba Hung | Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City |
| Mr. Nguyen Trong Ho | Head of Department of Information and Communications II, General Department of Sports and Physical Training |
| Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung | Director of Hanoi National Sports Training Center |
| Mr. Dang Viet Ha | Director of Ho Chi Minh City National Sports Training Center |
| Mr. Le Hong Son | Director of Da Nang National Sports Training Center |
| Mr. Tran Chi Quan | Director of Can Tho National Sports Training Center |
| Mr. Pham Ngoc Duong | Head of Sports Department, Ministry of National Defense |
| Director of the Department of Information and Communications I | (no name yet, awaiting official decision) |
According to VNE
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