September 13, 2018 | 22:15 (GMT+7)
Table-tennis tournament-Vietnam Journalists’ Association Cup 2018 opens
PANO - The 12th table-tennis tournament-Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) Cup opened on September 13 at the Trinh Hoai Duc Sporting Hall in Hanoi, with the participation of 213 players from 41 domestic press agencies.
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At the opening ceremony of the tourney |
The tourney, co-hosted by the VJA, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports and the Hanoi Journalists’ Association, is an activity in response to the movement “All people improve physical strength following President Ho Chi Minh’s example,” as well as aims to select best table-tennis players of the mass media.
Players will compete in 14 events.
Apart from official prizes, the organizing panel will present three other awards for the most beautiful female player, the best performance, and the oldest player.
Addressing the opening ceremony, the VJA’s Permanent Deputy President Ho Quang Loi said that this annual tournament aimed to boost solidarity among press agencies and contingent of press workers nationwide and to arouse physical training at the VJA’s affiliates.
Loi hoped that the three-day tourney will be a festival for the whole press staff and attract the participation of more players in the future.
Translated by Chung Anh