This is an activity to demonstrate the force, evaluate the results of training, physical training and physical education and sports movements of agencies, units and schools in the entire Corps; select athletes with outstanding achievements, establish the Corps Athletes Group to practice and participate in the 2023 Army-level Sports Festival. Continue to encourage and arouse the spirit of physical training, enhance health, endurance, flexibility, meet the requirements and tasks of training, combat readiness, contribute to building and firmly defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, practically achieving the highest achievements to celebrate the 78th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, towards the 50th anniversary of the Corps' founding (October 24, 1973 / October 24, 2023).

Delegates attending the Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Army Corps 1 Sports Festival.

The sports festival has 19 delegations, with more than 2,300 coaches and athletes competing in 9 events, including: Men's football, men's volleyball, table tennis, badminton, tennis, strong warrior, obstacle course, 3,000m armed race, obstacle course and swimming.

Badminton match after opening ceremony.

Colonel Nguyen Trung Hieu, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of the 1st Corps, Head of the Organizing Committee, delivered the opening speech at the Sports Festival.

Over the past years, Party committees and commanders at all levels in the entire Corps 1 have paid attention to leading, directing and investing in human and material resources for training and physical training; physical education and sports activities have been maintained regularly, widely, increasingly in-depth and have made remarkable progress, contributing to improving the health and endurance of soldiers, meeting the requirements of training tasks and combat readiness of the Corps, building a comprehensively strong agency and unit that is "exemplary and typical", and successfully completing assigned tasks.

Ceremony scene.

Speaking at the Sports Festival, Colonel Nguyen Trung Hieu, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, Head of the Sports Festival Organizing Committee, praised the agencies, units, and schools of the 1st Army Corps. He praised the units for regularly paying attention; actively investing efforts, organizing training, and practicing carefully for athletes, ensuring the best results in the Sports Festival.

For the Sports Festival to be a great success, Colonel Nguyen Trung Hieu requested the Organizing Committee to operate the Sports Festival strictly, scientifically, impartially and ensure absolute safety; for the referee team, to perform the task of operating the matches with a spirit of impartiality, objectivity, honesty and accuracy; athletes to strictly comply with the rules and regulations of the Organizing Committee, the referee's decisions, military discipline, compete with the spirit of sportsmanship, solidarity, honesty, nobility, progress and determination to win.

The Sports Festival is scheduled to end on August 9.

News and photos: VU HUNG - KIM CAO