This year's Open Karate competition was held in one day with the participation of more than 300 athletes from 18 divisions from districts, cities, sport and physical training schools in the province and 13 clubs from the Northern provinces. The athletes competed in 85 sets of medals, participating in four age groups: under 8, ages from 9-11; ages from 12 - 16 years old and over 17 years old; the athletes competed with the contents of Kata male - female individuals; Kata teams; Kumite male- female individuals; Kumite team.

At the end of the competition, the organizers awarded 58 gold medals, 58 silver medals and 116 bronze medals. In total, the whole club of Lac Son district won the first prize with 12 gold medals, 10 silver medals, 22 bronze medals; Ha Nam Club won the second prize and Hanoi team won the third prize.

Athletes competing in individual female of Kumite content.

The Karate Open Competition is one of the major karate sport activities in Hoa Binh province, the competition is aimed to provide opportunities for athletes to exchange, share experiences and practice training, then, it can help the provincial Karate Federation have their own direction to select and focus on investment, training young excellent athletes for training and participating in the regional and national Competitions.