According to the decision on the organization plans of sports tournaments and competitions in 2018, the management and orientation for the organization of public sports and sports for everyone will have a very exciting year.
The schedule of large-scale sports tournaments in 2018 organized by localities and organizations will focus on many noteworthy events as follows:
February: National Lion Dance Tournament (location: Can Tho).
March: Nationwide Olympic Running day – For All-people Health.
April: 6th National Folk Wrestling Tournament (Bac Ninh) and Paragliding Prize for Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Year (Quang Ninh).
May: National Stick-pushing and tug-of-war tournaments (Binh Phuoc). National “Green Road Race” Junior Swimming Tournament (Hanoi).
June: National Handball Tournament for Student Clubs (Hanoi); National Athletics Tournament (Bac Ninh); National Chess Championship (Hanoi); National Student Chinese Chess Tournament Hanoi); National Youth and Junior Martial Arts Tournament (Soc Trang); Offroad Car Racing Tournament Tourism Year (Quang Ninh).
July: National Badminton and Table tennis Tournament (Hai Duong);National Junior and Youth Yoga Tournament (Da Nang); National Traditional Martial Arts for Pupils(HCMC); National Youth and Junior Wrestling Tournament (Hanoi).
August: Traditional Martial Arts Championship (Lao Cai); 2nd World Championship of Traditional Martial Arts in Vietnam (Hanoi); National Family Badminton and Table Tennis (Tay Ninh); Vietnam Offroad Car RacingTournament (Dong Mo, Hanoi); Super League “E-sport” Tournament (HCMC); National Entertainment Dance Tournament (Hanoi); Senior and Middle-Age Volleyball Tournament (Vinh Phuc).
September: National Sports Fishing Championship (Gia Lai); FIFA Online 3 Extension Southeast Asia E-Sport Championship (Ho Chi Minh City); National Folk Wrestling (Nghe An); Senior and Middle-Age Badminton Tournament (Quang Ngai).
October: National Senior Chinese Chess Tournament (Bac Ninh); Vietnam Official Sports Tournament (Hanoi); Offroad Car Racing 4×4 Trophy Tournament (Gia Lai); National Assault E-Sport Championship (in the whole country).
November: National Yoga Championship (Hanoi); Sports Fishing Club Cup (TP.HCM); Vietnam Extension Paragliding Tournament (Gia Lai); National Traditional Martial Arts Championship under Vietnam National Games (Hanoi).
6 Large Scale Competitions and Festivals in 2018
The first notable event is the International Vietnamese Elite Martial Arts Festival 2018 in Khanh Hoa in late March.
May: The cultural, sports and tourism festival of ethnic groups in the North Central and Central Coast takes place in Quang Nam province.
July: National Sports Contest for the Disabled takes place in Da Nang.
August: National Lifesaving Swimming And Diving Contest takes place. The contest belongs to Swimming safety and Drowning Prevention in the 2017-2020 period program which has been developed in recent time
September: Cultural, sports and tourism festival of ethnic groups in the Northeast region takes place in Vinh Phuc.
In the March of sports for everyone, to welcome Vietnam Sports Day 27/3, there are activities organized, in which Nationwide Olympic Running day – For All-people Health is considered as “backbone”.
Hung Cuong