(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.
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.
