The opening ceremony of the 2018 National Volleyball A-League Final in 2018

23/10/2018 15:30

(BNP) - In the evening of October 21st, at the provincial multi-purpose arena, the Vietnam Volleyball Federation in cooperation with the Provincial People's Committee held the opening ceremony of the 2018 National Volleyball A-League Final.

The leaders of the province and the General Department of Physical Training and Sports award honoring flags to delegations

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Nguyen Huu Quat, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Tu Quynh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Tran Duc Phan, Deputy General Director of the General Department of Physical Training and Sports, Vice President of the Vietnam Volleyball Federation; leaders of departments, unions of the province and a large number of volleyball fans inside and outside the province.

The 2018 National Volleyball A-League Final, held from 21 to 29 October, attracted the participation of nearly 200 athletes from 9 volleyball teams including five men's volleyball teams namely Mobile Police High Command, Sanest Khanh Hoa, Binh Duong Construction materials, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Police and 4 women's volleyball teams namely Kinh Bac, Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh Phuc and Information Arm.

Kinh Bac women's volleyball team participated with 14 athletes. It is an important tournament of Bac Ninh sports in general and for the team in particular, because if capturing the highest position in this tournament, Kinh Bac women's volleyball team will officially come in National Championship (strong teams) in 2019.

The match of Kinh Bac women's volleyball (white) and Information Arm (red) teams

The 2018 National A-League Final held in Bac Ninh was one of the activities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's visits to Bac Ninh and the 8th Bac Ninh Provincial Sports and Physical Training Festival. This is also an opportunity for Bac Ninh to introduce and promote potential strengths, images of people and culture of the province to a large number of friends and visitors in the country. It offers the fans of volleyball very exciting volleyball matches, especially contributing to promoting the campaign "All people do exercise following Uncle Ho’s great example".

At the opening ceremony, the leaders of the province and the Vietnam Volleyball Federation presented flowers and honoring flags to athletes participating in the competition in the spirit of solidarity, honesty, nobility for development of the country's sports.

After the opening ceremony, Kinh Bac Women's Volleyball team had a match with Information Arm and won 3-0. Previously, Binh Duong Construction Materials Team defeated Sanest Khanh Hoa with 3-0 score.