Currently, the mass sports movement in general and the jogging movement in particular in the province are flourishing. In particular, Hoa Binh Runners Club (HBR) is not only a useful playground for those who love running to meet, interact, learn from each other, practice and improve their health, but it also becomes a bright point in the province's sports movement.
Hoa Binh Runners Club has been ready to compete at the XXXI Traditional Marathon Tournament of Hoa Binh Newspaper Cup in 2023.
Jogging is a simple sport, easy to practice and suitable for many people at all ages, helping to improve health and spirit, increasing longevity, controlling weight, maintaining shape...
In recent years, the images of amateur athletes jogging on many roads of Hoa Binh city, immersing themselves in the beautiful and peaceful natural scenery of their homeland every morning or afternoon have become familiar to the local people. Those are the members of HBR. Belonging to Vietnam Youth Union of Hoa Binh province, HBR was officially established in March 2021 in the spirit of voluntary participation of the members who share a passion for running, free activities, and non-profitable for the purpose of health training, bringing the sport of running to the community of all ages. "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE” - Run for your life - the slogan conveys the message of a healthy and positive lifestyle and it is also something that HBR wants to widely spread.
When first established, HBR operated internally with only 25 members. To date, HBR has more than 80 official members and more than 1,000 members in the Hoa Binh Runners’ Facebook community. Most of the members are amateur runners. During the practice sessions, the experienced members guide and support the new members. Regardless of age, gender, or occupation, jogging has become an indispensable activity in their lives. All are enthusiastic about practicing every day.
In addition, HBR organizes a number of periodic activities to exchange, to run long distances, to accompany and conquer difficult distances, and explore many new and interesting running routes. Wearing the green and yellow uniforms with the HBR name prominently printed, running tirelessly on the roads, the members spread the spirit of physical training and sports in the community. Not only that, the members also actively compete in a number of large-scale tournaments inside and outside the province and win achievements. Thereby, it has been contributing to promoting the image, homeland, people, and tourism potential of Hoa Binh. During its operations, HBR always strictly complies with the provisions of law and organizes and operates in accordance with the general regulations.
On November 11, at Hoa Binh Square, Hoa Binh Newspaper coordinated with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Department of Education and Training, and the Provincial Youth Communist Union to organize the 31st Traditional Marathon Tournament of Hoa Binh Newspaper Cup in 2023. This is a traditional sports tournament that has affirmed its reputation, quality, and appeal through 30 successfully organized seasons. Previously, the 30th Traditional Marathon Tournament of Hoa Binh Newspaper Cup in 2022, three members of HBR, Dinh Thanh Hue, Ban Thanh Tuyen, and Nguyen Viet Cuong won gold, silver, and bronze medals in the men's event. At this year's tournament, HBR continues to compete as a club under the Provincial Youth Communist Union.
Mr. Nguyen Duy Tu, the Deputy Secretary in charge of the Provincial Youth Communist Union, the Chairman of the Provincial Youth Communist Union says: the 31st Traditional Marathon Tournament of Hoa Binh Newspaper Cup in 2023 is a healthy, useful and funny sports playground mand it is attractive to those who love marathon. In this year's tournament, HBR has selected a team of talented athletes to compete. With the spirit of determination and trying their best to conquer the highest position, now, the members have been ready to enter the competition.
Bringing together the most outstanding and excellent athletes from 22 units in 10 districts and the city, the Provincial Police, the Provincial Youth Communist Union, 10 high schools, the 31st Traditional Marathon Tournament of Hoa Binh Newspaper Cup in 2023 promises to bring many surprises with dramatic and impressive breakthroughs.
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.
