Upon assigning tasks in 2018 to the Sports and physical training industry, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Nguyen Ngoc Thien emphasized the issues “Completion of the Physical Training and Sports Law, and Amendments for National Assembly to Consider and Approve; taking the opportunity of All-nation Sport and Physical Training Grand Festival to create the breakthrough development of mass sports; Focus on striving to win at least 3 to 4 ASIAD gold medals equivalent to the highest achievements of Vietnam sports in the past” in the tasks and direction of the industry.
Vietnam sports delegation gained archievements in SEA Games 29
In 2017, Vietnam sports has successfully accomplished the assigned tasks with the outstanding achievements; for example, the Olympic running day for all-people health was organized widespread in all provinces and cities attracting the record number of nearly 7 million participants; Vietnam sports delegation competed excellently in the 29th SEA Games, ranking third and gaining a series of overwhelming victories in the Olympic games, which were praised by Prime Minister. Especially, when Vietnam Sports ranked among the top 10 of the 2017 Asian Indoor Games and Martial Art as the first-ever Asia-Oceania Games with the participation of 65 countries and territories.…
This is a stepping stone for Vietnam sports to create the breakthrough development of both mass sports and high-achievement sports in 2018.
In 2018, the sector is assigned with three main tasks: Completion of the Physical Training and Sports Law (amended) and submit it to the National Assembly for approval; Focus on striving to win at least 3 to 4 ASIAD gold medals; taking the opportunity of national All-nation Sport and Physical Training Grand Festival to create the breakthrough development of mass sports:
Urgent Completion of the amended Physical Training and Sports Law
Physical Training and Sports Law was passed by the XIth National Assembly at its 10th session on November 29, 2006 and takes effect from July 1, 2007, on the basis of the 1999 Physical Training and Sports Ordinance. After 10 years of implementation, Physical Training and Sports Law has had positive impacts on the economy, society, diplomacy and the development of the sports. However, besides the achievements, the Law has revealed some shortcomings; for example, some articles and clauses of the Law are not specific, which leads to difficulties in practice; some provisions of the Law are no longer suitable to the current situation; a number of sports activities arising in practice need to be managed while the current law has not yet been regulated them. To overcome the above shortcomings and limitations, the elaboration and promulgation of the Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of Physical Training and Sports Law are needed to create favorable conditions to promote the sport development in our country in the coming time..
The Law amending and supplementing some articles of Physical Training and Sports Law was considered by the National Assembly for the first time in 2017. The sector needs to urgently complete and submit it to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the regular meeting session in May 2018.
Besides, at the stage of making legal documents, there are also some things that need to be completed such as the master scheme of SEA Games 31 in 2021 in Vietnam, Decree on policies and regimes with athletes and coaches…
Driving the development of mass sports
In 2018, mass sports focuses on the following tasks: Improving the effectiveness of the implementation of the Government’s Resolution No. 16 / NQ-CP dated January 14, 2013 promulgating the Government’s action program on implementation of the Resolution No. 08-NQ / TW dated December 01, 2011 of the Politburo on strengthening the leadership of the Party, creating a strong development of physical training and sports until 2020; “Mobilizing all people to follow Uncle Ho’s great example” for the 2012-2020 period; “Olympic Running Day for All-People Health 2018”, creating the synchronous changes in the development of physical training and sports for everyone; attaching importance to and fundamentally renovate the physical training and sports activities in schools, in the armed forces and in the New rural building programme.
“Olympic Running Day for All-People Health 2018” to strive to reach 7,000,000 participants
Specifically, it is planned that the number of people regularly doing exercise, families regularly doing excercise, sports clubs account for 32.3%; 23.5%; 45,000, respectively in accordance with the Circular No. 18/2012 / TT-BVHTTDL;
The number of participants in training on physical training and sports in 2018 under the new rural building programme and in organizing the instruction for sport activities for sports offciers, guides as the key for the implementation at the units are 1,500 and 500, respectively;
The number of participants in “Olympic Running Day for All-People Health 2018” is approximately 7,000,000; 100% of schools implement a formal physical education curricula; the number of schools regularly carrying out extra-curricular activities and morning exercises, mid-time exercises, traditional martial arts lessons is increased; 100% of the armed forces units organize physical training according to regulations, raising the effectiveness of the strong militant movement; continuously improving physical strength in order to directly serve professional operations and raise the combat readiness for armed officers and soldiers.
Therefore, sports festival at all levels towardsAll-nation Sport and Physical Training Grand Festival held at the end of the year in Hanoi is the good opportunity for mass sports to drive the development and the effect on the whole society.
In addition, to promote the implementation of the 2018 Child Drowning Safety Program and continue organizing well the Olympic Running Day for all-people health have become the annual events …, the national sports will gain a breakthrough in 2018.
Striving to win at least 3 to 4 ASIAD gold medals in 2018
Vietnam sports delegation is expected to attend the Asiad 2018 with over 200 athletes and compete for about 200 entries in 23-26 subjects. The top goal of Vietnam sports in Asiad 2018 is to win gold medals in the focused Olympic games, at least 3 gold medals..
In preparation for this event, Vietnam sports delegation currently has about 60 key athletes subject to the detailed training plans and invested to prepare for ASIAD 2018 with 3 interlinking missions. Among them, there are about 10 medal-winning athletes who are invested and prepared with their own plans. “There are athletes who can not compete to win the medals but to prepare for the SEA Games 2019, there are ASIAD athletes to prepare for both the 2019 SEA Games and elimination rount of Olympic Games 2020.
In addition to Asiad 18, 2018, Vietnam sports will be participating in the Youth Olympics in Argentina. There are currently five to six qualified athletes in boxing, swimming, track and field athletics to attend the event. Youth Olympics is an important premise for Vietnam Sports to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, SEA Games 2021 in Vietnam.
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