PANO - With seven golds, four silvers and four bronzes, the Commando Arm team won first position at the 2015 Unarmed Martial Arts Festival. The runner up was Military Zone 7, followed by Army Corps 4.

The closing ceremony took place at the Mieu Mon National Training Center in Hanoi on December 17th in the presence of Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, handing over prizes to the first three winners

General Khanh highly valued the efforts of the festival’s organization panel, referees and fighters for the final success, while asking the participants to hold post-competition reviews to draw lessons for next year’s event and to raise troops’ awareness of the importance of unarmed martial arts to promote their physical strength.

The event drew around 600 athletes from 31 teams across the army, competing in 24 weight categories for both male and female officers.

Translated by Van Hieu

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