Opening of the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival and the 4th "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" - Hau Giang International Marathon in 2023

18/07/2023
Making achievements to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hau Giang province's establishment (January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2024), continuing to carry out the Campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and following the success of the 8th Mekong Delta Sports Festival, the 3rd Vietcombank Mekong Delta Hau Giang International Marathon, with the agreement of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hau Giang hosted the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival and organized the 4th "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" Hau Giang International Marathon in 2023. These two events contribute to raising the spirit of all people exercising, promoting and raising awareness of everyone about climate change that is negatively affecting the Mekong Delta and human life.

Making achievements to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Hau Giang province's establishment (January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2024), continuing to carry out the Campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and following the success of the 8th Mekong Delta Sports Festival, the 3rd Vietcombank Mekong Delta Hau Giang International Marathon, with the agreement of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hau Giang hosted the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival and organized the 4th "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" Hau Giang International Marathon in 2023. These two events contribute to raising the spirit of all people exercising, promoting and raising awareness of everyone about climate change that is negatively affecting the Mekong Delta and human life.

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Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee delivered the opening speech.

At 7:00 p.m. on July 15, 2023, at Hoa Binh Square, Vi Thanh City, Hau Giang Province, the Opening Ceremony of the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival and the 4th International Marathon "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" Hau Giang 2023 took place. The Ceremony program was broadcast live on all broadcasting platforms of Hau Giang Provincial Radio and Television Station and broadcast on the following Radio and Television Stations: An Giang, Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Ben Tre, Kien Giang, Long An, Tra Vinh, Soc Trang.

Attending the event were Mr. Nghiem Xuan Thanh, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hau Giang Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Hong Minh, Deputy Director of the Department of Physical Training and Sports, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival; Mr. Tran Van Huyen, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Hau Giang Provincial People's Council; Mr. Dong Van Thanh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Hau Giang Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Tran Van Chinh, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hau Giang Province; Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Mekong Delta Sports Festival and the International Marathon; comrades representing the leaders of the provincial and local Departments, Departments, Branches, and mass organizations; also attending were leaders of the Mekong Delta provinces; representatives of press agencies, reporters of central and local newspapers and radio stations attended and reported.

Hau Giang - a land of affection, loyalty, dynamism and hospitality , promoting the spirit of "innovation, breakthrough, determination, aspiration", Hau Giang province's high-performance sports have gradually affirmed themselves in domestic and international arenas. In the first 6 months of 2023, Hau Giang sports achieved many remarkable results, participating in domestic and international tournaments with many high achievements; in particular, at the 32nd Sea Games held in Cambodia, Hau Giang Sports Delegation (with 7 athletes summoned to the National Sports Delegation) brought home to the province in particular and the Vietnamese sports delegation in general 4 Silver Medals, 2 Bronze Medals in the events of Kick Boxing; Athletics; Triathlon; Petanque... These are the exciting and joyful results that the entire Party Committee, government and people in the province have strived to achieve.

President Ho Chi Minh - the founder of the Vietnamese revolutionary physical education and sports. As early as March 1946, after gaining national independence, Uncle Ho called on all people to exercise. He advised: "To preserve democracy, build the country, and create a new life, everything needs good health to be successful. Every weak citizen means the whole country is weak, every healthy citizen means the whole country is healthy" . Imbued with Uncle Ho's teachings over the years, Hau Giang province has always paid attention to the development of physical education and sports, implementing the Movement for all people to exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho from the province to the grassroots level, aiming to improve health, improve physical fitness, contribute to developing human resources and building the spiritual life of the people in the province through physical education and sports.

With that meaning, the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival and the 4th International Marathon "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" Hau Giang in 2023 are not only a festival to honor the sports of the province and the Mekong Delta region, but also especially inspire all classes of people from urban to rural areas, all ages in exercising through jogging to develop the mass sports movement, high-performance sports in the country in general and the Mekong Delta in particular in the coming time.

Following the success of the previous 8 congresses, the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival will be held in Hau Giang province and 9 provinces and cities in the region, with the theme "Reaching for heights in sports" from July to October 2023. The festival is where athletes come together to ignite the fire of desire and belief in victory, aiming to set new records for Mekong Delta sports, and is an opportunity to promote the development of facilities, technical infrastructure as well as the level of organizing sports events of the localities hosting the competitions.

Although there are still certain difficulties, with the efforts of the Province, the preparation work for organizing the competitions of the Congress is ready, completed in 10 localities in the region, with more than 2,200 athletes competing in 27 competitions, 3,618 medals will be awarded at this Congress.  

For the 4th International Marathon "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" Hau Giang in 2023 with the theme "Impressive Hau Giang", it will bring athletes exciting experiences on all 5 - 10 - 21 and 42km running routes according to international standards certified by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). This will be a race to help athletes continue to train to improve their performance to participate in major races around the world.

This year's race is organized with response activities such as the 2023 Hau Giang OCOP Trade and Product Fair; athletes and tourists will be able to explore tours and tourist routes in Hau Giang province; participate in the display of artifacts and typical images of culture, sports and tourism; book exhibition, tree planting ceremony...  Through 3 times of organization, athletes participating in the race have planted 229 trees on the routes in the province. In season 4 , this activity will continue to be maintained and will be planted on the "Mekong Delta Marathon Hau Giang Green Route" , contributing to spreading the message "Green Hau Giang - Fighting climate change" , focusing on building a green, clean and beautiful Hau Giang.

The 4th International Marathon "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" in Hau Giang province in 2023 attracted more than 9,000 athletes participating in 6 distances (including 04 international athletes from 03 countries: France, Japan, Singapore ).

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Van Hoa, Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Mekong Delta Sports Festival and the International Marathon, emphasized that in order for the 9th Mekong Delta Sports Festival and the 4th International Marathon "Vietcombank Mekong Delta" in Hau Giang Province in 2023 to be successful and achieve the set goals, he requested the members of the Organizing Committee and referees to work seriously, responsibly, impartially and objectively to honor the most deserving athletes at the Games and the Marathon; Sports delegations and athletes must strictly follow the principles and regulations when competing, be modest, respectful, and learn from each other to improve their mettle, competitive mentality, techniques, tactics and competition achievements. He also hoped that many athletes with "Faith in Victory" will  step up to the podium of glory of the Games and achieve high achievements at the Marathon on the morning of July 16, 2023.

Kim An

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