The Quang Tri Football Tournament, after 9 consecutive successful events, has built a brand in the heart of Hanoi. The tournament has not only created a useful playground for Quang Tri people, but also fulfilled its "mission" of connecting fellow countrymen. Many other cultural and artistic activities have been organized to promote the spirit of mutual love and support in life, bringing people far from home closer together. In particular, Quang Tri people in Hanoi always turn to their roots through many meaningful programs and activities of gratitude and charity.
The Quang Tri Football Tournament in Hanoi always receives material and spiritual support from businesses and people of Quang Tri - Photo: QV
Leveling the playing field
Before 2015, the football movement of Quang Tri people in Hanoi City took place spontaneously and on a small scale. The dream of having a tournament with the identity of their hometown urged Nguyen Tan Long, Ngo Quang Vinh and other enthusiastic people to discuss and agree to organize a football tournament for Quang Tri compatriots.
Joy burst into every child far from home when the 1st Quang Tri Compatriot Football Tournament - 2017 officially started with the participation of more than 50 players from 4 teams named Vinh Linh, Gio Linh, Trieu Phong and the Alliance of districts, towns and cities. According to Mr. Nguyen Tan Long, the tournament was organized for the first time so it encountered many difficulties such as the limited number of personnel in the tournament organizing committee, lack of experience in management and organization; lack of funding; low quality of teams and players; low number of people coming to watch and cheer... However, the biggest success was creating a playground that met the expectations of many Quang Tri people in the North.
Mr. Ngo Quang Vinh, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Quang Tri Compatriot Football Tournament, said: Taking the momentum from the first season, the organizing committee has made many positive changes to bring new features and create excitement for the participating teams. From the second season - 2018, the tournament marked a new change when the number of teams increased to 6 teams with more than 80 players participating. By the ninth season - 2024, the tournament has developed more comprehensively with 8 teams with more than 160 players participating. Over the years, the scale and quality of the tournament have been improved; the number of participating teams has increased, they have been invested in a systematic way and become more professional; attracting more professional players such as Truong Van Thai Quy and many famous amateur football players nationwide to participate. The tournament has always received active support from the Quang Tri Compatriots Association, the Quang Tri Youth Club and many Quang Tri businessmen; the number of people coming to watch and cheer has increased; Some successful businesses and individuals in the hometown and other provinces and cities sponsored materially and encouraged the tournament. The precious thing is that the wish for Quang Tri football to develop further always burns in the heart of every child far from home.
Because there were difficult times, it seemed like the tournament had to be stopped, but with the spirit of solidarity and determination from the organizing committee to the team leaders, coaches, and players, the tournament was still maintained. In the 6th and 7th seasons, although affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizing committee was still determined not to abandon the tournament to maintain the playground for everyone.
The quality of the matches of the Quang Tri Football Tournament in Hanoi is increasingly improved - Photo: QV
Player Truong Van Thai Quy shared: “Through 9 consecutive successful events, the Quang Tri football tournament has affirmed its brand. This is a great source of pride for Quang Tri people in Hanoi. I am very happy to contribute to the development of my fellow countrymen’s football, creating many memories imbued with the love of my homeland, while promoting the beauty of culture, spirit and identity of Quang Tri to friends in the country.”
Although playing professionally for Hanoi FC, this player wearing the number 74 shirt is always enthusiastic in accompanying the sports activities of Quang Tri people in Hanoi with many different roles, from organizing committee member, sponsor, player and directly campaigning for many businesses and individuals to sponsor the tournament.
Mr. Tran Si Quoc, a Quang Tri native living and working in Hanoi, said: “I have supported and encouraged my children and grandchildren in the sports playground to unite fellow countrymen for 9 seasons. I see the tournament of Quang Tri expatriates developing year by year, with a scale and quality not inferior to other provinces and cities. I am even more excited to see a young, dynamic, united community highlighting the image of the land and people of Quang Tri. The spirit and identity of the homeland are always promoted in the hearts of Quang Tri people in the North.”
Fellow countrymen
The hometown football tournament is one of the outstanding activities that contributes to the strong bond between people far from home. On the football field, the Quang Tri people in the organizing committee, the players, the elderly, children, and in-laws have the opportunity to meet and have new good relationships. After the closing ceremony, the friendly reunion parties always create a warm atmosphere, strengthening the hometown bond.
Actor Nguyen Ha Trung (Trung Ruoi) said: “My maternal hometown is in Vinh Linh district, so I often participate in activities related to football, culture, and arts organized by young people from Quang Tri. Because there, I have the opportunity to learn more information about my hometown; get to know many Quang Tri people; and live in the sincerity of my fellow countrymen. Through that, I love and am proud of the Quang Tri community in Hanoi even more.”
In particular, after each season, the organizing committee and football teams regularly carry out fundraising activities to support players with serious illnesses, support students in difficult circumstances in Hanoi; mobilize resources in the Quang Tri community in the North to organize many visits and gift-giving trips to compatriots in their hometown affected by natural disasters.
In addition, the players often help each other at work, when sick; create conditions for fellow students to have the opportunity to intern and work stably at Quang Tri businesses...
Footballer Truong Van Thai Quy (left) always accompanies Quang Tri people's sports activities in Hanoi - Photo: QV
Chairman of the Quang Tri Association in Hanoi Cao Viet Sinh said that in recent years, the Quang Tri Association has always paid attention to organizing many meetings with relatives, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters who are living, studying and working in Hanoi. Here, the association reports on the results of activities as well as the business and living situation, and achievements of Quang Tri people in Hanoi. In addition, the association also organizes many practical activities to create an environment for Quang Tri people far from home to live, meet, exchange, and strengthen the relationship of fellow countrymen. On those occasions, the executive board always pays attention to discussing topics about the homeland so that everyone can understand more about their roots, especially for children and students.
Promoting the tradition of their homeland, Quang Tri compatriots in Hanoi are always united, standing side by side, encouraging and sharing with each other in life, study and work. Among them, many outstanding activities have been recorded such as organizing football tournaments for compatriots; visiting, encouraging and helping each other in work and life; many Quang Tri people have achieved success in the fields of sports, culture, arts, etc.
Every year, the association organizes many programs imbued with love and affection for the homeland such as: paying tribute to heroic martyrs; visiting and giving gifts to families with meritorious services to the revolution; building houses for poor households; awarding scholarships and bicycles to poor but studious students.
“We are very happy that recently, the number of Quang Tri people coming to Hanoi to work and study has increased. This will be the generation that continues the tradition of the predecessors, writing new pages imbued with Quang Tri identity in the thousand-year-old capital,” Mr. Sinh added.
Hoai Nhung
Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/phat-huy-tinh-than-va-ban-sac-quang-tri-giua-long-thu-do-ha-noi-190712.htm
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