Launching a Pickleball tournament series for people with disabilities.

Representatives of the organizing committee and disabled athletes at the press conference.

At the event, the Vietnam Paralympic Committee and Natuh Investment Joint Stock Company officially announced a long-term strategic partnership, alongside the launch of the ParaNatuh Pickleball series.

This event aims to celebrate the resilience of people with disabilities and spread the spirit of the Paralympic Games to the wider community. The event was also intentionally held on World Human Rights Day, emphasizing the core message: Inclusion, Respect, Equality, and Humanity.

The collaboration between the Vietnam Paralympic Committee (the organizing and supervising body) and Natuh (the organizing, operating, and media unit) aims to build a ParaNatuh Pickleball ecosystem.

Both sides are committed to implementing key strategic directions, including five areas: building and developing the sport of Para Pickleball; training Para coaches, athletes, and referees; and developing a technical curriculum for classifying and evaluating Para athletes nationwide.

In addition, the organization will regularly hold the ParaNatuh Pickleball series; provide the Natuh App free of charge to standardize data, support teaching, assess techniques, and find venues for athletes; connect the community; and store videos and images of athletes throughout their training and competition, helping athletes, coaches, and referees to evaluate and support the individual development of each athlete; and collaborate in media to spread the spirit of the Paralympic Games to the Vietnamese community and the world through the national Paralympic network.

Mr. Tran Duc Tho, Secretary General of the Vietnam Paralympic Committee, delivered a speech.

Mr. Tran Duc Tho, Secretary General of the Vietnam Paralympic Committee, affirmed: "The tournament is an important step in realizing the goal of integrating and connecting more than 7 million people with disabilities in Vietnam with the international sports movement. We want to prove that people with disabilities are exemplary role models for the community in terms of courage, determination, inspiration, and equality."

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, General Director of Natuh Investment Joint Stock Company, shared: “When the press recounts stories of resilience. When businesses join hands with responsibility. When artists spread their passion with heartfelt enthusiasm. When the community stands together with respect. Inclusive sports will become a bridge bringing the image of a courageous, determined, inspiring, and equal Vietnam to the world through the national Paralympic network.”

She also added that the tournament would send the message: "When we are united, difficulties are only temporary," because the disabled community is not a group to be pitied, but a symbol of overcoming adversity, the most powerful source of inspiration in humanistic communication, and a representative of Vietnam's spirit of solidarity before the world.

PHAN THACH

Source: https://nhandan.vn/ra-mat-chuoi-giai-pickleball-danh-cho-nguoi-khuyet-tat-post929269.html