Sports festival for reporters kick-started

This year’s festival attracts nearly 400 athletes.

This year’s festival drew the participation of nearly 400 athletes from press management agencies, centrally-run press agencies and departments in Hanoi, Hanoi Department of Information and Communications, and journalists’ associations of neighboring provinces and cities.

Flags presented to representatives of participating teams

During the two-day event, athletes competed in six sports, namely mini football, table tennis, badminton, tug-of-war, chess, and walking. Only the mini football tourney lasts until November 12 at the Culture, Information and Sport Center of Hoan Kiem district.

In his opening speech, HJA President and Head of the festival organizing panel To Quang Phan stressed that the sports festival has become an annual playground for reporters to show off their talent and passion for sports. After one year of hiatus due to Covid-19, the festival promises to be an exciting event.

At a table tennis match

An overview of a badminton match

An interesting tug-of-war match

Matches began right after the opening ceremony in the cheers of a lot of supporters.

This year, the People’s Army Newspaper sent athletes to table tennis matches.

Translated by Chung Anh