PANO – The Tank-Armoured Arm kick-started the 2015 sports festival at its combined training ground on November 23rd in the presence of its Commander Major General Nguyen Khac Nam.

At the opening ceremony.

As many as 500 outstanding athletes from the arm's constituent units gathered for the four-day long event to compete in categories such as tennis, badminton, swimming, ping-pong, volleyball for men and air-inflated volleyball for women.

The festival aims to evaluate training results of the arm's constituent units, improve troops’ physical health and select the best athletes for the coming sports tournament of the army.

Translated by Chung Anh