Summary of the 7th National Sports Congress, 2014
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of February 12, in Vinh City, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a Summary of the activities of the Nghe An sports delegation participating in the 7th National Sports Festival in 2014. Attending were comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and representatives of leaders of a number of provincial departments and branches.
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| Comrade Dinh Viet Hong speaks |
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| Le Thi Tham (Weightlifter) on behalf of the athletes expressed her feelings. |
At the 7th National Sports Festival held in December 2014 in Nam Dinh province, Nghe An sports delegation participated with 25 coaches, 72 athletes of 14 sports: taekwondo, traditional martial arts, boxing, wushu, pencak silat, wrestling, athletics, weightlifting, sepak takraw, shuttlecock kicking, karate, petanque, vovinam and football. At the end of the Festival, Nghe An sports delegation won 14 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 22 bronze medals, ranked 16th out of 65 provinces, cities and sectors nationwide, and received a certificate of merit from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
At the Closing Ceremony, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism also pointed out some limitations such as: achievements are not commensurate with the province's potential; some strong subjects and some excellent athletes did not compete well; awareness, viewpoints, and orientations for building key subjects and key athletes are not really clear...
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| Awarding certificates to athletes |
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| Performance at the Closing Ceremony |
Speaking at the ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong praised the achievements of the Nghe An sports delegation at the 7th National Sports Festival, and at the same time requested the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to promptly review the overall planning of the sports sector from now until 2020, identify some of Nghe An's strengths for focused investment; build and consolidate amateur talent classes from the grassroots to select high-achieving athletes; gradually build and consolidate nutrition policies, remuneration and reward regimes for sports coaches and athletes. On this occasion, 85 officials, coaches and athletes who achieved achievements at the 7th National Sports Festival received certificates of merit from the Provincial People's Committee.
Minh Quan
