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Vietnam bagged a total of 40 medals, including eight gold, eight silver and 24 bronze medals, ranking 12th at the freshly-concluded 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia.
The continent’s biggest sports event for athletes with disabilities took place from October 6-13.
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Vietnamese athletes at the 2018 Asian Para Games pose for a photo
together with Tran Minh Cu, Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia,
before returning home (Photo: VNA)
The Vietnamese delegation comprised 75 members, including 52 athletes and 11
coaches and caretakers.
They competed in seven out of 18 sports, namely swimming, track and field,
weightlifting, chess, badminton, table tennis and judo.
Except for judo, athletes in six other sports brought home medals. Notably, all
four weightlifters won medals, including two golds, one silver and one
bronze.
In addition, Vietnamese swimmers pocketed four gold, four silver and 13 bronze
medals. Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung broke an Asian record and two records of the
Games.
China topped the overall rankings of the 2018 Asian Para Games with 172 golds,
followed by the Republic of Korea with 53 gold medals.
The Asian Para Games, which follows the Asian Games every four years, attracted
around 3,000 athletes from 43 countries and territories in Asia this year.
At the previous Asian Para Games in 2014, Vietnam won nine gold, seven silver,
and 13 bronze medals, finishing 10th in the overall medal tally.
Source: VNA
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.
