(HBO) – In recent years, the movement of physical training and sports in Hoa Binh city has developed significantly with a wide range of sports. Particularly, football is considered as "the King of sport” and attracts people of all ages to participate in practice. Therefore, it helps to improve health, increase solidarity and select talents for fostering and participating in football tournaments of the province and area.
Some football competitions attract many
athletes and spectators in the stadium to join in and encourage.
In current, the city has 20 football clubs
which regularly practice, especially each club consists of 15 to 20 members.
Moreover, some offices, agencies, schools and residential areas establish
soccer teams for physical health training and to gather people who have a
passion for the ball. Most recently, the "Youth Open Football Tournament
in 2018" was organized from 13th to 22nd of April and continued to affirm as a useful playground, attracting a large
number of clubs and spectators who went to cheering. Hence, it continues to
encourage the development of sport in general and football in particular.
Football is also loved and interested by many
government officers in the city. Mr. Xuan Trien Pham, Permanent Deputy
Secretary of Party Committee Group of the provincial authorities, said:
"Because of the passion and interest of officers of provincial authorities in
the city, in March, the Party Committee Group of the provincial authorities
held a football competition for the group of provincial authorities in 2018
including 378 athletes coming from 52 cells and affiliates of party. This is a
sporty activity, healthy and useful cultures in a bid of improving health and
contributing to enrich the cultural and spiritual life of government officers
in the group as well as increasing the solidarity among the authorities”.
However, the football in the city is facing
some challenges and the greatest one is a lack of soccer yard. Apart from
provincial stadium, football lovers can only use artificial turf of private
investors and children take advantage of vacant land, sidewalks and yards of
cultural houses to play soccer.
During the two days, November 7 - 8, the Provincial Women's Union organized the steam volleyball tournament for the officials of the Women's Union at all levels of Hoa Binh province in 2024. There was the attendance of Mr. Bui Tien Luc, the member of the Standing Committee, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Commission for Mass Mobilization.
On October 31st, the Culture, Sports and Communications Center of Tan Lac district coordinated with the District’s Youth Union to organize the 2024 traditional marathon tournament of the district.
After the 2024 Traditional Marathon Tournament, Luong Son district has established a team with many high-ranking runners, focusing on fostering, training and being ready to compete at the XXXI Hoa Binh Newspaper Cup Traditional Marathon Tournament in 2024.
Taking place from October 9 to 20 in Hoa Binh City, the National Road and Mountain Bike Championships 2024 attracted hundreds of young athletes from provinces and cities across the country.
In the afternoon of October 26th, at Hoa Binh Provincial Stadium, Hoa Binh Football Club (Hoa Binh FC) had a confrontation with Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc Club in the framework of round 1 – the First National Division Football Tournament in 2024 - 2025.
In the morning of October 22nd, at Yen Thuy District’s Stadium, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with Yen Thuy District’s People's Committee to organize the opening ceremony of the 2024 Volleyball Championship of Hoa Binh province.