Taking into consideration that mass sport is a vital foundation for development prospects of sports and physical training, improving human physicality, at the same time creating an extensive playground for the people, every year, the District People’s Committee has built and issued plans to develop the cause of physical training and sports, propagating the benefits and meanings of regular physical training and sports for the people. The district regularly organizes such prizes as: Olympic run day for the general health and New Hanoi newspaper run; Family sports tournament to celebrate the traditional day of Vietnam’s sport and physical training sector (March 27) and many sports activities to celebrate the holidays, big celebrations and political events. Sports and physical training games are diversified for ages such as light touch volleyball, ping pong, Chinese chess, football, badminton, constitutional physical training, etc. At traditional festivals, units also organize folk games such as human flags, tug-of-war, pot hitting, bag jumping, etc.
Besides, the mission of educating physical training and sports in school is also concerned. Many schools have celebrated extracurricular sports movements, establishing regular practicing clubs. 100% of schools have actively participated in tournaments held by the county. High-achievement sports such as Chinese chess, chess, badminton, taekwondo, etc. are focused on developing for selecting and training sports teams to participate in student sports, summer competitions organized by the city.
In addition, the district always pays attention, invest in building and upgrading infrastructure and yards for the purpose of serving the mass movement of physical training and sports. Currently, the county owns 134 cultural institutions (including a district culture – information and sports center, 9 ward culture and information centers, 124 quarter cultural houses). Sports and cultural centers of districts, wards and cultural houses are tested, reviewed and evaluated to ensure the use of cultural houses in accordance with their functions and purposes, meeting the living needs of the people.
With rich and diversified activities, Bac Tu Liem district’s movements of sports and physical training is increasingly prosperous, spreading throughout the residential areas, from agencies and schools to households. The sense of training the body to protect people’s health is increasingly improved. In residential areas, depending on the age and preferences, each citizen can choose for themselves the appropriate forms of sports. As a result, the proportion of people participating in regular physical training and sports, number of sports families and number of sports clubs increase each year. In 2018, the number of people who regularly practice sports at fitness facilities is estimated at 45% of the population (increase 1% compared to 2017); The number of households that regularly practice sports at fitness facilities accounts for 34% of the households (increase 1% compared to 2017), there are 97 sports clubs operating regularly and qualitatively. 100% of wards have well organized and surpassed the targets of the City assigned “Olympic run day for the entire people’s health”, responding to the 5th edition of the Hanoi newspaper run – for freedom. The District organized 42 tournaments with nearly 10 thousand athletes participating; organized district athletes to participate in City and National sports tournaments with a total of 103 medals, with 21 Gold medals, 32 Silver medals and 50 Bronze medals; praised and rewarded 44 units to achieve advanced and good titles of sports movement. In particular, in 2018, the district cooperated successfully to organize Table Tennis and Taekwondo matches in the VIII National Games.
In the first months of 2019, there are more than 50 sports movements successfully organized at the districts and wards, creating a joyful and exciting atmosphere to celebrate the Party and the Spring.
In order to continue to promote the movement of sports and physical training, in the coming time, Bac Tu Liem district sets out some specific targets: The number of people participating in physical training and sports regularly will reach 46% of the population; the number of sports households will reach 35%. At the same time, well implementing the campaign “All people practice exercise following the example of our Great Uncle Ho” in association with the movement “All people unite to build a cultural life at the grassroots level”, actively respond to movements emulation. Maintain physical training and sports activities in wards as a foundation to develop mass sports movements. Promote sports activities in schools, organize diversified and abundant extracurricular activities, to improve fitness and create conditions for students to develop comprehensively. Develop high-achievement sports and physical training for a number of subjects suitable to the district’s mass physical training and sports development. Continue to build a team of qualified guides and collaborators to innovate and improve the quality of physical training and sports activities at the grassroots level. Establish sports clubs suitable to the age, circumstances and training needs of all subjects in the area, etc.
With the achieved outcomes as well as the orientation, clear objectives, there is a high hope that the mass movement of sports and physical training of Bac Tu Liem district in the coming time will be increasingly developed, contributing to enriching the cultural and spiritual life, improving people’s health.
Thu Lan