(HBO) – Sport and physical training movements in communes across Lac Son district of Hoa Binh have grown strongly in both width and depth, becoming diverse and various in forms, contributing to enhancing the living conditions and health for locals.

The volleyball championship 2018 of Lac
Son has high professional quality, drawing a large number of audiences.
Many agencies, units, schools, villages
and residential areas of the locality have formed sport clubs, teams and groups
specializing in diverse sport events, gathering many office workers, labourers,
students and locals to do regular practice. Along with traditional games such
as stick pushing, crossbow shooting, tug of war, and wrestling, modern sports
like football, volleyball, badminton and table tennis have also drawn a large
number of players.
In order to meet local’s demand, the
district has mobilised resources to upgrade, repair and build many sport grounds,
stadiums and sporting halls to serve residents’ training needs as well as to organise
sporting events and festivals as well as political events of the locality.
The sport and physical training movements
of the district have developed not only in the number of players but also the
quality of athletes as well as the success of sporting tournaments.
Many tournaments have drawn investment and
sponsorship from agencies, busineses, organisations, and individuals with large
amounts of capital. Recently, the Lac Son Association of Small- and
Medium-Sized Enterprises and some other organisations and individuals sponsored
the Football Championship of Lac Son in 2018 with nearly 100 million VND. The event
drew eight 11-member teams from five regions of the district and three teams
representing administrative-governmental agencies, security-military units and
enterprises.
So far, the number of people practising
sports regularly in the district has reached nearly 43,000, while the number of
standardized players is 10,000. The number of families involving in sport and
physical training movements has hit nearly 8,000. The district has also
operated 56 sport clubs.
Along with promoting the spirit of volunteerism and completing the core tasks of the Youth Communist Union and the youth movement, in recent years, the Youth Communist Union at all levels in the province has regularly organized the movement of physical exercise and sports attracting the participation of a large number of union members and young people. These activities help the union members and the young people raise their awareness of self-training, improving their health, and building a healthy lifestyle and they are also a solution to attract and gather the young people in many localities.
In recent years, modern dance has gradually become popular and emerged as a trend, attracting more and more young people in Hoa Binh to practice and perform. As an art form consisting of many different dancing genres, participating in modern dancing activities, practitioners not only improve their health, physique, flexibility, agility, and confidence, but they also contribute to building a healthy cultural and artistic movement in the community.
In the afternoon of January 18th, at Hoa Binh Provincial Stadium, Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) played against Hue Football Club (Hue FC) in the 6th round of the National First Division Football Tournament - Bia Sao Vang, 2024-2025 tournament.
After two tense and dramatic halves of the final round of the ASEAN Cup 2024, the Vietnamese football team played excellently, winning convincingly with a score of 3-2 and being crowned champions with total score of 5-3 against opponent Thailand.
After the final whistle of the second leg of the ASEAN Cup 2024 semi-final between Vietnamese team and Singaporian team sounded, thousands of football fans in Hoa Binh City burst into the joy of victory. Vietnamese team officially won a ticket to the final of the ASEAN Cup 2024 with a 3-1 victory (the total score after 2 semi-final matches is 5-1) against Singapore.
Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) has just organized a special friendly match, combined with a tour and cultural exploration in Mai Chau district. This activity aims to strengthen solidarity and exchange between the players and the community, and at the same time, it introduces the cultural beauty of Hoa Binh province.