Service dog training team snatches prizes
At noon on August 31, the closing ceremony of the “True friend” contest took place at Center 470, some 100km from Moscow, Russia.
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The Vietnamese service dog training team and their prizes |
The organizing panel of the contest presented the first prize to Russian and Uzbekistani teams. Belarusian and Algerian teams won second and third prizes, respectively. The Vietnamese service dog training team ranked fourth among the eight participating teams.
Competing in the events for the first time, the Vietnamese service dog training team was awarded the third team prize in the exercise “marksman,” a silver medal for the pair of trainer Major Vu Khac Bien and service dog Mai Loc, and other medals for their competition efforts.
Attentively, Lieutenant Colonel Le Manh Huong, head of the Vietnamese service dog training team was presented with a medal in recognition of his completion of mission as a referee. Additionally, the Vietnamese team won the first team prize in a friendly table-tennis tourney held during the games.
According to the team leader, the team members acquired valuable experience during the games. The lessons learnt will be useful for them to better the training for both service dogs and their trainers and to prepare equipment and weapons in line with real competitions.
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The search and rescue team of the Vietnam People's Army |
Search and rescue team good in coordination
Ten teams from eight countries competed in the “Emergency area” contest at the Army Games 2020. The first stage of the competition took place on August 31.
In this stage, sportsmen had to wear military equipment while crossing special obstacles, such as fire and high-rise wall. The sportsmen were required to maintain their speeds and ensure safety during the competition.
With good coordination among team members, the Vietnamese team ranked third, after teams from Russia and Belarus.
Field Kitchen team completes their competition
The same day, the Field Kitchen team of the Vietnam People’s Army entered the last exercise of the third stage of the “Field Kitchen” contest.
For six hours, they baked 12 loaves of bread, each weighing 1.1 to 1.2kg, meeting the organizers’ requirements. In the previous games, the Vietnamese team failed to bake bread.
After the end of this last exercise, the organizers announced the results of the contest. The Russian field kitchen team ranked first, followed by Belarus and Uzbekistan. The Vietnamese team was the fifth, after Armenia and before Abkhazia.
By reporters from the People’s Army Newspaper from Russia
Translated by Chung Anh