Vietnam Billiards Federation speaks out when Tran Quyet Chien withdraws from China tournament because of 'cow tongue line'

The incident of Tran Quyet Chien withdrawing from the tournament in China because Vietnam's sovereignty was violated" as reported by Thanh Nien Newspaper attracted the attention of fans. On September 25, a representative of the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation spoke up.

Speaking to Thanh Nien Newspaper on the morning of September 25, Mr. Doan Tuan Anh, in charge of the department and General Secretary of the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation , said: "We have grasped the incident, then the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation had an online discussion with each other. For now, the federation's leaders assigned the federation's office to send an official dispatch to the World Billiards Federation to notify the incident as well as the reason why Quyet Chien cannot continue to compete in the tournament. This event took place in Shanghai, but the World Billiards Federation specifically invited Tran Quyet Chien to attend."

Liên đoàn Billiards & Snooker lên tiếng vụ Trần Quyết Chiến bỏ giải ở Trung Quốc - Ảnh 1. — World 3-cushion billiards runner-up Tran Quyet Chien withdrew from the tournament in China because Vietnam's sovereignty was violated. This is the right decision, highly appreciated by the sports industry.

The representative of the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation said that they are also waiting for a document from the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City , the Ho Chi Minh City Billiards & Snooker Federation is the management unit of player Tran Quyet Chien, to have more basis, thereby expressing their views and opinions to the World Billiards Federation. Previously on September 24, Mr. Nguyen Nam Nhan - Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City said that there will be a document clarifying the reason why Tran Quyet Chien cannot continue to compete when images of violating Vietnam's sovereignty appeared on television when the Ho Chi Minh City player competed with Dick Jaspers (Netherlands).

Liên đoàn Billiards & Snooker lên tiếng vụ Trần Quyết Chiến bỏ giải ở Trung Quốc - Ảnh 2. — *The Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation will send a dispatch to the World Billiards Federation regarding the fact that Tran Quyet Chien will not continue to compete in the tournament in China.*

Tran Quyet Chien accepted an invitation to participate in a friendly 3-cushion carom event organized by the China Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA) in Shanghai. On the first day of competition (September 23), the match between Tran Quyet Chien and Dick Jaspers was broadcast live on television with the image of the "cow tongue line". As soon as he received the information and discussed it over the phone with coach Nguyen Viet Hoa, Vietnam's top player withdrew from the tournament and returned to Vietnam without informing the organizers of a specific reason, thereby demonstrating a tough stance against the act of promoting images that violate Vietnam's sovereignty over its seas and islands.

Liên đoàn Billiards & Snooker lên tiếng vụ Trần Quyết Chiến bỏ giải ở Trung Quốc - Ảnh 3. — *Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation*

For his part, the current 3-cushion Billiards world champion Tran Quyet Chien updated his status on his personal page: "landed safely" and received a lot of compliments from fans.

Thanhnien.vn