(HBO) - In recent years, the movement of physical training and sports in Doan Ket commune (Yen Thuy district) has developed strongly and widely in the hamlets. Besides mass sports, ethnic traditional sports are also regularly practiced by people such as crossbow shooting, tug of war, pushing sticks, stilts...
Doan Ket commune women's volleyball team (on the left) attended the Volleyball Championship in Yen Thuy district in 2019.
Doan Ket commune has 4,176 people with over 1,000 households. After the merger, the commune has 8 hamlets. The early morning and late afternoon every day, every strata of people gather at the sports fields to exchange and practice. Depending on the interests and passion, each person selects his or her own sports that suit them. Volleyball, football, badminton are popular sports that people love most.
Currently, the whole commune has 22 men's and women's volleyball teams and the volleyball teams of the elderly. Practicing physical training and sports attact a lot of people. The people wich practice regularly sports and physical training is over 41%, the number of sports households is 298 households.
The commune always pays attention to organizing sports tournaments to create a playground for people to have opportunities to exchange and compete. Through the awards, discovering young sports nuclei
All 8 villages in the commune have a cultural house and a sports playground. Physical training and sports in Doan Ket commune has become a healthy, useful and practical playground, attracting alot of people, contributing to improving health and enriching spiritual life, increasing solidarity, away from social evils.
In recent years, Lac Thuy district has paid increasing attention to investing in cultural and sports infrastructure. These grassroots facilities have attracted a large number of residents to participate in recreational and cultural activities, physical training, and community engagement, contributing to the development of cultural life and the local socio-economic growth.
In recent years, the mass physical training and sports (PTS) movement in Hoa Binh province has developed strongly and spread widely. Regardless of age, gender or occupation, people actively participate in physical training, creating a vibrant and enthusiastic sports atmosphere within the community.
Recently, Hoa Binh’s athletes have continued to show strong performances at national-level competitions. Alongside elite athletes, several standout performers have emerged from grassroots sports movements, underlining the province’s growing sports culture.
From April 26 to 27, at the Provincial Sports Arena, the Hoa Binh Provincial Karate Federation organized the 2025 Hoa Binh Open ASUDO Karate Championship.
While modern sports like volleyball and football continue to grow in popularity, traditional folk games and ethnic sports remain a vibrant and essential part of cultural life among the Muong community in Hoa Binh province.
A total of 85 young players from across Hoa Binh province recently participated in the provincial Youth Table Tennis Tournament. Organised by the provincial Centre for Youth Activities, the event was part of activities to celebrate the 94th founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931 – 2025) and the 79th anniversary of Vietnam Sports Day (March 27, 1946 – 2025).