May 17, 2017 | 19:57 (GMT+7)
Defense festival to evaluate training results
PANO – More than 500 troops from 24 agencies and units from Tay Ninh’s armed forces took part in a defense festival held by the provincial Military Command on May 16.
During the three-day event, the participants will compete in vovinam, swimming, shooting, running, and grenade throwing.
Addressing the opening ceremony, Senior Colonel Ngo Thanh Dong, the command’s Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff affirmed that the event was an opportunity to evaluate training quality of its units and agencies as well as to seek the best athletes to participate in other festivals.
He asked the referees to accurately mark the competitions and the participating troops to demonstrate best performances to the spectators while ensuring complete safety.
Translated by Tran Hoai