Thai Nguyen: 197 athletes attend 9th national sports festival

Ngoc Chuan 15:29, 18/08/2022

On August 16,Thai Nguyen Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a meeting with relevant agencies and units to agree on the draft of the plan to attend the 9th National Sports Festival in 2022. 

Boat racing is one of the sports competitions of Thai Nguyen sport delegation at the 9th national sports festival 2022.
Boat racing is one of the sports competitions of Thai Nguyen sport delegation at the 9th national sports festival 2022.

As planned, the Sports Festival will take place in the middle of December 2022. The opening ceremony will be held in Quang Ninh province; competition sites will be in the provinces and cities: Quang Ninh, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Vinh Phuc, Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, and Thanh Hoa.

Thai Nguyen sport delegation will attend the Festival with a total of 231 coaches and athletes. Among them, 197 athletes will compete in 19 sports.

Thai Nguyen sport delegation sets a goal to win from 10 to 12 gold medals, 8 to 10 silver medals, 10 to 15 bronze medals; ranked 20/65 provinces, cities, and branches participating in the Festival; listed in the top 3 provinces in the mountainous region.

At the meeting, the delegates agreed with the plan's draft to attend the Festival developed by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Relevant agencies and units will actively coordinate to support the Provincial delegation in achieving high goals.