A Vietnamese baseball player in the match with Lao national team on February 24. (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – DGP Cup Indochina Dream League forbaseball was kicked off on February 24 at Laos’s National Stadium KM16 with fourteams from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand.
The first match of the game between the Vietnamese the Lao nationalteams the same day and finished with Laos players’winning.
Tran Duc Phan, Deputy Head of the Department of Sports andPhysical Training, President of the Vietnam National Baseball-SoftballFederation, said that the Vietnamese team participates in this game to learnand integrate with international ones for further development of the sport inVietnam.
DGP Cup Indochina Dream League for baseball was kicked off on February 24 at Laos’s National Stadium KM16. (Photo: VNA) Playing at DGP Cup 2023 is a preparation for the Vietnamesenational baseball team to attend the 2023 ASIAD in Hangzhou, China, nextSeptember, he said.
In Vietnam, baseball and softball were introduced quite earlythrough Japanese, Korean, and American corporations and companies. Currently,baseball is popular in localities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, DaNang, Khanh Hoa, and Binh Duong. The Vietnam Baseball and Softball Federation (VBSF)was established in April 2021.
The DBG Cup 2023 willbe played in a round-robin format. The teams finishing first and second will competein the final slated on the afternoon of February 26./.
