Major General Phung Ngoc Son, Deputy Chief of Staff, General Department of Engineering attended and presented souvenir flags to the delegations participating in the Sports Festival.

Major General Phung Ngoc Son, Deputy Chief of Staff, General Department of Engineering delivered the opening speech.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the sports festival, Major General Phung Ngoc Son said that in recent years, physical training and sports activities in the General Department of Technical Services have been organized and maintained continuously, developed strongly, and contributed significantly to the completion of political tasks at agencies and units under the General Department of Technical Services. The 2023 football and volleyball sports festival of the General Department of Technical Services is an opportunity to evaluate the results of physical training and sports activities of agencies and units under the General Department of Technical Services. This is also a festival for agencies and units under the General Department of Technical Services to meet, exchange, and learn; thereby consolidating and building solidarity, unity, and achieving good results to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the General Department of Technical Services' Traditional Day (September 10, 2024).

With the tradition of "Proactive, creative, self-reliant, self-reliant" of TCKT, the TCKT Football and Volleyball Sports Festival in 2023 is a driving force to encourage and motivate the spirit of labor, production, study and work; at the same time, improve the material and spiritual life of officers, soldiers, defense workers and civil servants in the entire TCKT.

Opening ceremony scene.
The General Staff team celebrates the opening goal 1-0 against the Military Technical College 1 team.

On the same day, the opening football match between the two teams of the General Staff and the Military Technical College 1 took place in a dramatic and exciting atmosphere. With an outstanding performance, the General Staff team had a 4-0 victory over their opponents, thereby winning the opportunity to participate in the next round of the tournament, aiming for the championship. The sports festival began from August 16 to 23, with the participation of more than 500 comrades, including referees, coaches, and athletes from units under the Military Technical College.

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