July 24, 2020 | 20:04 (GMT+7)
HCM City holds defense sports festival
PANO - The Military Command of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City opened a defense sports festival on July 23 in the presence of Senior Colonel Dang Van Lam, Deputy Chief of Military Region 7 and Major General Nguyen Van Nam, Chief of the Municipal Military Command.
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Standby militia force in a parade at the opening ceremony of the festival |
In this year’s tournament, athletes will compete in various events, including football, volleyball, horizontal bar, 3-step jump, 3,000m race, 10,000m cross-country, military swimming, K16 hurdle race, combined military sports, AK shooting lesson 1, bandaging techniques and transfer of the injured.
The defense sports festival aims to review the quality of fitness improvement for personnel of the command’s affiliates. From learnt lessons, the military command will improve training plans to raise the physical strength of troops to meet combat readiness requirements in the current period.
It is also a good chance for the city to show the power of the whole people’s defense disposition and to select its best athletes for upcoming festivals hosted by Military Region 7 and the military.
The festival will last until August 4.
Translated by Song Anh