overseas Vietnamese in Beijing enjoyed sports tournament

A sports tournament of the overseas Vietnamese community in Beijing was opened on October 1st.

At the opening ceremony, Minister Counselor Nguyen Hoai Anh hoped students joining the tournament would compete well with the honest and nobility sportsmanship, thus creating unity, adherence and enhancing cooperation, exchange and understanding each other to study better.

The tournament this year attracts nearly 200 athletes competing in fields of tug of war, football, athletics, table tennis, badminton, tennis under the control of over 20 referees.

Also at the opening ceremony, representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in China awarded commemorative flags to 15 teams from 26 universities in Beijing and 10 universities in Tianjin.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thinh, Counselor in charge of the community work, shared the event creates strong attachment among the overseas Vietnamese community in China. It is hoped to create a larger-scale playground to invite Chinese, ASEAN and international friends to join in to contribute to promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam.

The tournament will end on October 7th./.

( VNF )