Long An Sports' Milestones

Mass sports and school sports events contribute to the development of mass physical education and sports, creating a foundation for high-performance sports

Mass sports attract a large number of people

According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in recent years, the movement "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" has continued to expand, attracting the participation of a large number of people, contributing to improving health and building a healthy cultural life at the grassroots level.

In particular, physical education and sports activities of the elderly and young people have received more attention; physical education and sports activities in the armed forces, civil servants, public employees and students have been maintained and developed strongly; all levels and sectors have mobilized social resources to organize local sports competitions.

In 2024, the province organized 300 sports tournaments and 90 sports talent training classes. Of which, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism organized 16 provincial-level sports tournaments with the participation of more than 4,000 athletes. Many tournaments were organized on a large scale across the province, such as age-group athletics tournaments, age-group swimming tournaments, or provincial junior high and high school volleyball tournaments.

These tournaments not only aimed at developing the mass sports movement but also helping young athletes have the opportunity to compete and practice. At the same time, through age-group tournaments, schools also contribute to helping provincial sports discover talented and potential athletes to supplement the province's talent lines.

In particular, in the past 2 years, the province's mass sports have made a strong impression when successfully organizing the Dinghy Boat Race, contributing to preserving the cultural identity of the Southwest, the beauty of the river region, thereby promoting the image of Long An land and people, gradually developing sports tourism.

The movement "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" continues to be expanded, attracting the participation of a large number of people, contributing to improving health, building a healthy cultural life at the grassroots level

Mr. Tran Van Lam (Ward 7, Tan An City) said: "Although I am busy with work, I still spend 2-3 days a week playing football. The matches not only help us exercise but also relax our minds after a day of work, connecting more friends with the same interest in football".

According to Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism - Nguyen Hoang Cong, since the implementation of the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and Plan No. 3156, dated September 6, 2012 of the Provincial People's Committee on implementing the Action Program of the Provincial Party Standing Committee to implement Resolution No. 08, dated December 1, 2011 of the Politburo on strengthening the Party's leadership to create a strong development in physical training and sports by 2020, there has been a change from awareness to action among cadres, party members and the masses through participating in sports training to improve health, contributing to the development of the mass sports movement, creating a foundation for the province's physical training center to have a clear development in recent years.

By the end of 2024, the rate of people practicing physical training regularly and the number of students meeting the annual physical training standards have both increased. Of which, the number of people who regularly practice sports reached 33%, the number of sports households reached 27%.

High-performance sports affirm their position

Compared to the region, although high-performance sport has not received strong investment, in recent years, the team of coaches and athletes has overcome difficulties and competed hard to affirm the position of Long An sports in the region as well as the whole country.

In particular, Long An sports have continuously introduced talented athletes capable of competing for gold medals at national championships as well as international tournaments.

Swimmer Vo Thi My Tien is expected to be the pilar to help Long An high-performance sports reap success

According to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, since the 6th National Sports Congress in 2010, the coaching staff and athletes have been strengthened from the talent level to the provincial team, and the quality of athletes has been increasingly improved.

Long An Sports continuously provide many talented athletes for youth teams and national teams to participate in regional and Asian tournaments. In particular, at the 9th National Sports Championship in 2022, held in Quang Ninh and neighboring provinces, although Long An Delegation only participated in 7 sports including wrestling, athletics, swimming, volleyball, golf, chess and pole pushing out of a total of 47 organized sports, the province's athletes competed excellently, winning 5 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 6 bronze medals, ranking 35/65 participating units, up 9 places compared to the previous competition. This is the highest achievement that Long An Delegation has achieved since the 2nd Competition 1990.

“The performance of the province's athletes has developed remarkably. At this Competition, in addition to the excellence of the main athlete Vo Thi My Tien in swimming, Long An sports also introduced the young athlete Tran Thi Nhi Yen with great potential. Although she participated in the competition at the age of 17 and had just started training recently, Nhi Yen competed very well, winning a gold medal in the women's 100m and a silver medal in the women's 200m. Less than a year later, at the 2023 National Athletics Championship held in Mieu Mon, Hanoi, Nhi Yen also excellently won 2 gold medals in the women's 100m and 200m events. From here, Nhi Yen is considered the greatest discovery of Vietnamese athletics. Her current stats leads the women's 100m and 200m - the events considered the most prestigious in athletics" - Mr. Nguyen Hoang Cong affirmed.

2024 is considered a successful year for Long An high-performance sports in the national and international arena when it exceeded the set targets with 47 gold medals, 21 silver medals and 36 bronze medals from international, national and cup tournaments.

In particular, Long An athletes contributed greatly to the achievements of the national team participating in international tournaments. In particular, for the first time, Long An had 2 athletes: Vo Thi My Tien in swimming and Tran Thi Nhi Yen in athletics, participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics in France.

Entering 2025, Long An high-performance sports continue to reap the spotlight the at the 25m National Swimming Championship recently held in Hue City. With the excellence of swimmer Vo Thi My Tien, the Long An Swimming Team excellently won 13 medals of all kinds. Of which, there were 8 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 4 bronze medals, ranking 3rd overall, completing about 35% of the gold medal target in 2025.

My Tien herself won 8 gold medals, 1 silver medal, 1 individual bronze medal and 3 relay bronze medals. At this tournament, My Tien also broke 3 national records in the women's 100m individual medley, 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke.

According to Director of Long An Sports Training and Competition Center - Nguyen Bao Hoan, the impressive achievements of Long An Sports Training and Competition Center in recent years demonstrate the continuous efforts of the athletes as well as the training and management of the coaching team. This is also an important stepping stone for Long An Sports Training and Competition Center to be determined, strive to break through and develop sustainably in the future, reap more achievements, and bring glory to the province./.

By Kien Dinh - Translated by Q. Thien

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