On the morning of November 16, in Thach That (Hanoi), the Ministry of Information and Communications organized the Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry in the Northern Region in 2024. Attending the event were Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong, leaders of agencies and units under the Ministry and hundreds of athletes from many localities and businesses in the Information and Communications industry.

The 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry is an exciting and lively playground for officials, civil servants, public employees and workers in the Information and Communications Industry, contributing to creating solidarity and cohesion between agencies, units and localities.

This is an activity organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications to enhance solidarity, create a healthy and practical playground, and a joyful and exciting atmosphere for officials, civil servants, public employees and workers in the information and communications sector.

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Opening of the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry.

Held for the second time, the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry will take place over 2 days, with 7 competitions including: football, tennis, badminton, table tennis, cross-country running, tug of war, and sack jumping.

In his opening speech, Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Sports Festival, warmly welcomed the participation of more than 800 athletes from 5 units under the Ministry of Information and Communications, 16 Departments of Information and Communications in the Northern region and 14 enterprises and press agencies in the field of information and communications.

According to Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong, this year's Sports Festival is much larger in scale than last year's, demonstrating the strong development of the sports movement in the Information and Communications sector. The Sports Festival also shows the attention of the Minister, leaders of the Ministry of Information and Communications, leaders of Departments and agencies, and enterprises in the Information and Communications sector to improving the health of officials and employees.

“ This is an opportunity for us to look back on the past, share valuable experiences, encourage each other to overcome difficulties and challenges to successfully complete assigned tasks, and contribute to building an increasingly strong IT&T industry ”, shared the Head of the Sports Festival Organizing Committee.

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Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Bui Hoang Phuong, Head of the Organizing Committee of the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry in the Northern Region.

The sports festival is also a useful and healthy playground, creating conditions for athletes to exchange, learn, practice health, improve physical strength, increase flexibility and endurance, spread a healthy spirit to build the Fatherland, promote the physical training movement, contribute to improving labor productivity and work efficiency.

The sports festival is also an opportunity for the Department of Information and Communications to promote the image of localities, introduce the cultural beauty of the northern provinces and cities, and strengthen solidarity and friendship among agencies, units and businesses in the industry.

Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong acknowledged and commended the efforts of the Organizing Committee and the close coordination of the units. At the same time, the Deputy Minister called on all athletes to compete with the spirit of honesty, nobility, solidarity, and make every effort to achieve the highest results, and requested the referees to work impartially and objectively to ensure the success of the sports festival.

At the opening ceremony of the Sports Festival, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung awarded Certificates of Merit to 1 collective and 3 individuals of the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) for their contributions to the success of the Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry in the Northern region in 2023.

Below are some beautiful pictures at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry:

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The opening ceremony of the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry was attended by Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung.
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Deputy Minister Bui Hoang Phuong, Head of the Organizing Committee of the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry in the Northern region, welcomed the athletes to the stage.
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The 2024 Northern Region Traditional Sports Festival for the Information and Communications Industry witnessed the participation of many new teams. In the photo is the lineup of Vietnam Television, one of the teams participating in the Sports Festival for the first time.
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Minister Nguyen Manh Hung presented a souvenir flag to the athlete delegation of the Department of Information and Communications of Dien Bien province.
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Leaders of the Ministry of Information and Communications and all athletes participating in the Sports Festival conducted the flag-saluting ceremony.
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The 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry in the Northern Region was held at Viettel Academy (Thach That, Hanoi). This is also the second time the Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry has been held at this location.
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Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung awarded Certificates of Merit to 1 collective and 3 individuals of the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) for their contributions to the success of the Northern Region Information and Communications Industry Traditional Sports Festival in 2023.
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The referee team representative swore to conduct the matches in the most fair and objective manner.
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The athlete representatives pledged to compete in the spirit of fair sportsmanship.
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Immediately after the opening ceremony, the athletes immediately participated in the competitions. The sports festival has 7 competitions including football, tennis, badminton, table tennis, cross-country running, tug of war, and sack race.
The qualifying round of the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry kicked off . Athletes have begun competing in the preliminary round of mini football, tennis, badminton, and table tennis at the 2024 Traditional Sports Festival of the Information and Communications Industry.