Minister Nguyen Van Hung works with the General Department of Sports and Physical Training. Photo: TRAN HUAN
The ceremony to send off the Vietnamese Sports Delegation to the 32nd SEA Games will be held at the National Sports Training Center in Hanoi tonight (April 19).
All set
In addition to the Head of the Delegation, the Delegation also has 2 Deputy Heads of Delegation, Mr. Hoang Quoc Vinh, Director of the Department of High Performance Sports I, General Department of Sports and Physical Training, and Mr. Ngo Ich Quan, Director of the Department of High Performance Sports II, General Department of Sports and Physical Training. The Vietnamese Sports Delegation also has 30 officials, 31 doctors, 38 team leaders, 10 experts, 189 coaches and 702 athletes. Of which, the Vietnam Electronic Sports Entertainment Association provides funding for the E-sports and Sports Dance - Breaking teams and some other members use socialized funds and other funding sources to attend the Games. The 32nd SEA Games will organize 608 events of 48 sports and sub-sports. Vietnamese sports are expected to participate in 31 sports, 446 events. Currently, the preparation process for the SEA Games has been completed, athletes are ready to attend the Games.
According to the plan, the Athletics team will depart as early as April 19 to get acquainted with the track. The U22 men's football team will depart on April 26 and play their first match against the U22 Laos team on April 30. The women's football team, after a training trip in Japan, will fly straight to Cambodia to prepare for their first match against the Malaysian women's team on May 3. The largest departure day for the Vietnamese Sports Delegation will be on May 3 with about 150 members. The Vietnamese Sports Delegation will travel by plane, following two routes. For athletes from the North, they will go from Hanoi to Vientiane (Laos), then fly to the capital city of Phnom Penh (Cambodia). For athletes from the South, they will fly directly from Tan Son Nhat airport to Phnom Penh (Cambodia). Members of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation will be arranged by the host country's Organizing Committee to stay at the Athletes' Village and hotels.
According to Director of the Department of High Performance Sports I - General Department of Sports and Physical Training Hoang Quoc Vinh, currently the athletes of the teams under the management of the Department have been carefully prepared, have good physical and mental strength, no one is injured and ready to compete at the Games. Director of the Department of High Performance Sports II Ngo Ich Quan also said that the athletes on the list of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation to the 32nd SEA Games have been carefully selected. These are all athletes with the best form and are now ready to compete at the Games.
Vietnam Sports Delegation uniform at SEA Games 32
Regarding the preparation process for the 32nd SEA Games, according to Head of the delegation Dang Ha Viet, since the beginning of 2023, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training has convened 69 national teams for training, with 1,062 athletes, 206 coaches and 17 experts. Since the beginning of the year, the General Department of Sports and Physical Training has sent 19 teams for training abroad, 48 teams to compete in international sports tournaments. Currently, special nutritional regimes for athletes attending the Games have been implemented, the delegation has completed preliminary registration, official registration, card registration with the Organizing Committee of the Games, compiled and completed the list of departure and return schedules of each team and delegation officials to complete the registration procedures with the Organizing Committee of the Games, organized the Costume Announcement Ceremony for the Vietnamese Sports Delegation, prepared a plan to organize the Departure Ceremony and other logistics-related work is being carried out carefully.
According to regulations, we must register a preliminary list of coaches and athletes with the Congress organizing committee. Then, based on the regulations of the sport, competition sub-discipline and analysis of opponents, we will review the current professional and level of athletes, which athletes are capable of competing for medals, which athletes are not capable, which athletes are injured to select the best athletes to be included in the official list. During the review process, the professional departments selected the athletes with the best performance, capable of competing to win medals. The selection of athletes to attend the Congress was carried out in accordance with professional regulations, ensuring savings and efficiency in the use of the state budget. (Director General of General Department of Sports and Physical Training DANG HA VIET) |
Every athlete is an ambassador
In order to review the preparations of the Vietnam Sports Delegation for the 32nd SEA Games, on the morning of April 17, in Hanoi, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung chaired a working session with the General Department of Sports and Physical Training and related Departments, Divisions and units. Speaking at the meeting, the Minister requested that the Vietnam Sports Delegation must be well organized, carefully and thoroughly prepared in all aspects, and that officials, coaches, experts... need to take good care of the athletes so that they can compete with the highest results, complete the tasks assigned by the Party and State, and bring joy and national pride to millions of fans and people across the country.
In the context of the complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister requested the General Department of Sports and Physical Training to focus on ensuring the health of athletes, pay attention to anti-doping work for athletes, and resolutely not let athletes be "involved" in doping penalties after the Games. The Minister requested the General Department of Sports and Physical Training to carry out work according to plan, organize meetings with teams and departments, sign a commitment to fulfill assigned targets, demonstrate determination, as an honorable promise to the Fatherland before departure. Emphasizing that the SEA Games is the largest sports festival in the region, with some sports, the competition results at the regional sports festival will be counted as achievements in the Olympic qualifying round, the Minister said that the SEA Games is the springboard, the premise for Vietnamese sports to attack major arenas such as the Asian Games and the Olympics.
The Minister hopes that the Vietnamese Sports Delegation will compete with the highest spirit, for the flag, the colors, the honor of the Fatherland, for the position achieved at the 31st SEA Games. The goal of the Vietnamese Sports Delegation is to be in the top 3. With the 2 men's and women's football events, the Minister hopes that the 2 teams will try to compete, successfully defending the championship to respond to the expectations of the people of the whole country. The Minister also reminded that in order to be successful, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation must promote the responsibility of the Head of the Delegation, Deputy Heads of the Delegation, Delegation officials as well as coaches, athletes, experts, etc.
“How can each athlete compete as an ambassador promoting the image of Vietnamese culture, country and people internationally? To do that, we must prepare very carefully, take care of the athletes' ideological work from small details such as costumes, pride when stepping on the podium, the attitude of not being arrogant when winning, not being discouraged when losing, respecting the referee's decisions, having the right attitude when needing to explain to ensure legitimate rights, respecting the opponent and the audience... ”, the Minister directed the General Department of Sports and Physical Training and the Vietnam Olympic Committee to continue to mobilize sponsorship and bonuses to encourage and motivate the athletes' competitive spirit.
Although we will have to face difficulties, the goal of U22 Vietnam is still to defend the championship title won at SEA Games 31. All the upcoming opponents are familiar in Southeast Asia. They will have their own ambitions, even to win the championship. No match will be easy. Thailand is still the strongest team. However, we have researched and the goal is to defend the championship title. (Head coach of Vietnam U22 team PHILIPPE TROUSSIER) |
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