The event was attended by Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defense and Head of the MND’s Board for Women’s Advancement; Senior Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs and Deputy Head of the MND’s Board for Women’s Advancement, among others.
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Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh and Lieutenant General Tran Ngoc Tuan (Political Commissar of the Hanoi Capital Military Command) present flags to top-performing units. |
After a week of dynamic competition imbued with solidarity, integrity, sportsmanship, and meaningful exchanges, the Military Women’s Sports Festival 2025 successfully concluded its agenda.
The air volleyball tournament, featuring 31 matches across 6 groups with nearly 300 athletes, was filled with excitement and high performance. Outstanding teams included the General Department of Defense Industry, Military Region 3, the Air Defense - Air Force Service, the Signal Corps, the Logistics Academy, the Army Officer Candidate School No.1.
The military-regulated dance competition attracted 35 teams with more than 700 participants. This year’s contest continued to feature both in-person competitions for 27 units in the North and video-submission-based contests for 8 units from Military Region 4 to the South. Many teams delivered well-invested, creative performances. Outstanding units included the General Department of Political Affairs, the General Department of Defense Industry, the General Department of Logistics and Technical Services, General Department II, the Hanoi Capital Military Command, Military Regions 1 and 2, Army Corps 12, Command 86, the Military Medical University, Corps 19, the Vietnam Border Guard Command, the Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB), the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Command.
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Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh and Senior Lieutenant General Le Quang Minh present certificates of merit to first-place winners in air volleyball and women’s doubles badminton. |
A highlight of this year’s festival was the women’s doubles badminton competition, introduced for the first time in 2025. It drew the participation from 55 teams with 220 official and substitute players, competing in 87 matches across nine categories of military units.
At the closing ceremony, the organizers presented certificates of merit to 15 first-prize, 15 second-prize, 28 third-prize, and 19 consolation-prize teams in air volleyball and women’s doubles badminton; certificates of merit to units with outstanding achievements in the military-regulated dance competition.
Translated by Trung Thanh