Bach Mai Ward opens the 1st Sports Congress

Ward leaders presented flags to units attending the Congress. *Photo: Dinh Hiep*

Speaking at the opening of the Congress, Vice Chairwoman of Bach Mai Ward People's Committee Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh said that since starting to operate under the 2-level local government model, Bach Mai Ward has quickly stabilized the operations of the new government, maintained socio -economic development, and ensured people's lives.

In particular, the ward pays great attention to maintaining the mass sports movement in order to actively contribute to the cause of comprehensive human development, promote labor production, study, economic development and ensure national security and defense.

The Ward People's Committee and its affiliated units have organized many sports competitions in the area, focusing on a series of sports competitions to welcome the 1st Ward Party Congress, attracting more than 1,500 athletes to participate.

Along with that, the movement of physical exercise among the masses is promoted, shown by the most specific numbers, the number of people participating in regular exercise is always over 45%, the number of sports families is always over 38%.... Many sports teams have become the main spearheads of the city such as table tennis, aerobics, athletics, etc.

The sports competitions within the framework of the 1st Ward Sports Festival attracted a large number of people, students, officials, workers, civil servants, and armed forces officers and soldiers to participate.

A large number of athletes and coaches attended the Opening Ceremony of the 1st Bach Mai Ward Sports Festival - 2025. *Photo: Dinh Hiep*

Notable among them are the 2025 football tournament for civil servants and armed forces, the 2025 tug-of-war tournament for education and residential groups, the Pickleball tournament... and a series of 12 student sports competitions such as football, badminton, swimming... that have been successfully organized. The recent sports tournaments have attracted new participation from many universities and high schools in the area.

At the 1st Bach Mai Ward Sports Festival, athletes competed in 12 sports with 76 events. The athletes with the best results will be selected to participate in training and compete at the 11th Capital Sports Festival.

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