The athletes were competing in the competition of stick pushing within 15 competition sports of the 7th Provincial Sports Festival of Hoa Binh

The development index of the province's sports and sports movement has gradually increased year by year. Some localities have well maintained the key sports, for example: Tan Lac district is at the forefront in the movement to practice and compete in the ethnic sports; Lac Son, Kim Boi, Yen Thuy districts have strengths in men's and women's volleyball; Kim Boi district has achieved many impressive achievements in 7-a-side football; Da Bac district possesses many outstanding talents in cross-country running…

In 2022, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism continued to direct the effective implementation of the campaign "All people do exercises following the great example of Uncle Ho”, improving the quality of the mass sports and organizing the sports tournaments at the grassroot levels.

Referring to the past year, the most prominent in the sport movement of the province was the 7th Provincial Sports Congress of Hoa Binh. 100% of the communes, the wards and the townships organized the sports congresses at the communal level and 10 out of the 10 districts and the city organized the sports congresses at the district’s level. In the 7th Provincial Sports Congress of Hoa Binh, there were 15 competition sports, attracting the participation of more than 1,400 athletes. Notably, the opening ceremony of the Congress was elaborately and majestically staged, imbued with the national identity and color, leaving a good impression in the hearts of the people.

Along with that, in order to best serve the organization of the activities within the framework of the Sports Congress at all levels, in the whole province there are 36 facilities, yards, and sports facilities that have been renovated, repaired and built.

In the past year, thanks to the synchronous implementation of many solutions, the development targets of the province's sports and sports movement have been continuously improved. The number of sports households are 58,665 ones, accounting for 26.5% of the total number of households; the number of people practicing sports regularly is 300,730 people, reaching 35.2% of the total population; 828 sports clubs at the grassroots; training and coatching 470 sports instructors… All have met and exceeded the assigned targets.

Along with that, more than 680 sports tournaments at all levels have been organized, attracting the participation of tens of thousands of athletes... The form and content of the activities are diverse, suitable for all ages. Recently, the stable and effective operation of the sports facilities has attracted a large number of people from all walks of life, creating cohesion, improving the cultural and spiritual life. Currently, volleyball is the sport with the largest number of clubs, 215 clubs, followed by badminton with 135 clubs, football with 94 clubs, athletics with 77 clubs, stick pushing with 64 clubs... The maintenance, replication, and development of the sports clubs at the grassroots levels is the core force and active nucleus in the mass sports movement. Thanks to that, many promising sports talents have appeared, making great contributions to the province's high-achievement sports. Currently, there are 2,859 sports facilities in use for sports activities in our province, which basically meets the daily training needs of the people.

In order to continue to improve the quality of the Campaign, our province has had many practical and effective solutions and activities, one of which is the launching ceremony of the Campaign "All people do exercises following the great ẽample of Uncle Ho” and the Olympic Running Day for the health of the entire people of Hoa Binh province in 2023. The launching ceremony is expected to be held in the morning of March 25, at Hoa Binh Square with about 1,500 participants, including the pupils, the students, the armed forces, the local people, the civil servants, the public employees, the labourers..

According to Mr. Dao Tien Cuong, the Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the launching ceremony aims to continue implementing Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW, dated on October 25, 2017 of the 12th Party Central Committee on strengthening protection, caring and improving the People's health in the new situation; propagandizing to raise the awareness of all classes of people about the role, meaning and effect of sports and physical training in protecting and improving health, stature, improving the quality of life, building a healthy lifestyle and cultural environment, contributing to the consolidation of the great unity bloc of the whole people; encouraging the people of all walks of life to actively participate in sports and physical training, improving their health fỏ study, production, construction and defense of the Fatherland...