Sports sector focuses on completing upcoming goals

Vietnamese football team win gold medal at SEA Games 31 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –After the success of the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), theVietnamese sports sector is working towards targets set for upcoming domesticand international sports events.

According to theVietnam Sports Administration, in the rest of the year, it willprepare personnel to compete at the seventh Children ofAsia International Sports Games in Russia, Francophone Games in Congo, 19th Asian Games (ASIAD 19), and other regional, continental and regional sportstournaments.

The administrationwill also focus on preparing for the ninth National Sports Festival in 2022, along with 97 domestic andinternational sports events, while organising four training courses forreferees and coaches.

Alongside, the sectorwill continue to strengthen the campaign to encourage the public to join sportsand physical exercise activities, especially among the youngsters, while running a programmeto teach children swimming skills to prevent drowning. At the same time, it willhold and manage 28 public contests.

Vietnamese athletes had a successful SEA Games 31 (Photo: VNA)

Vice Director of the administration Le Thi Hoang Yen said that SEA Games 31 wasthe focus on the sector in the first half of the year, which ended with greatsuccess, ensuring absolutesafety and leaving a strong impression of a peaceful, friendly and hospitableVietnam in the heart of international friends.

In the rest of theyear, the sector aims for 37 gold, 26 silver and 62 bronze medals atinternational sports tournaments, said Yen./.

VNA