PANO – After a 4-day competition, the Australia 1 team won the 2016 Asian Beach Volleyball Tournament on May 1st on Tuan Chau International Tourism Island, Ha Long, Quang Ninh province.

At the awarding ceremony. Photo: VNA

The runner-up was the New Zealand team, followed by the China 2 team.

14 teams from eight countries and territories played in the tournament, including Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Japan, Hong Kong (China), and the host, Vietnam.

The event was  part of the 2016 Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week, designed to attract tourists to the world heritage site Ha Long Bay. The tournament also promotes Quang Ninh’s land and people to domestic and foreign tourists.

The tournament matches attracted a lot of tourists and fans.

Translated by Thuy Dung