Ninh Binh Phu Dong Sport Festival 2016 begins

Local leading officials attending the ceremony included Nguyen Thi Thanh - Secretary of the Ninh Binh Party Committee, Nguyen Tien Thanh - President of peoples council, Dinh Van Dien - Chairman of peoples committee, among others.

The three-day meet draws the participation of 1,000 student-athletes coming from primary schools, junior and senior high schools in Ninh Binh. They compete in 11 different sports and games, including football, volleyball, track-and-field, badminton, chess, table-tennis, and archery, swimming, karate, aerobic…

Phu Dong Sport Festival is the cultural and sports activity of the education sector, helping to enrich the younger generation's cultural and spiritual life and eradicate social evils at schools.

This is also an opportunity to select students who have talents for sports to participate in the 9th National Sport Festival which plans to be held in Thanh Hoa and Nghe an provinces.

(Translated by Nguyen Thuy)