November 16, 2018 | 22:32 (GMT+7)
Thousands of athletes to join National Sports Festival 2018
PANO – The eighth National Sports Festival 2018 will take place from November 15 to December 10 in Hanoi, Hoa Binh and Khanh Hoa provinces, announced the organizing panel at a press conference on November 15 in Hanoi.
Accordingly, this year’s event will gather more than 7,000 athletes from 63 provinces and cities across the country and from military and public security teams. Participating teams will compete in 743 different sport events of 36 segments to achieve medals.
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At the opening ceremony for the seventh festival in Nam Dinh province. Photo: VTV |
At the press meeting, the organizing panel asked relevant units to make thorough preparations to make the festival a success while ensuring absolute safety.
The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place on November 25 at My Dinh National Stadium.
Translated by Tran Hoai