Accordingly, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports issued a notice to the People’s Committees of the districts and towns and departments, branches and unions of the Boat Racing and the boat racing clubs attending the festival: Official postponement of the Hanoi Open Dragon Boat Combating Festival – spring of 2020.
The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports officially announced the suspension of the Hanoi Open Dragon Boat Combating Festival in the spring of 2020.
As planned, this festival will take place from the 8th to 9th of February, at Ly Tu Trong flower garden, Nguyen Dinh Thi street and West Lake (Tay Ho district, Hanoi). This is an annual event co-organized by the Hanoi City People’s Committee and the Vietnam Airlines.
As planned, this festival will take place from the 8th to the 9th of February. To prepare for the Festival, in January, the organizers and teams have well-prepared for the successful Hanoi Dragon Boat Combating Festival in the spring of 2020. According to the registration list, this year’s festival has about 53 teams with a total of 850 athletes from Japan, Australia, Laos, Guangxi (China) and Singapore, 14 teams from provinces and cities, 11 teams of districts in Hanoi and 13 teams of embassies and businesses, etc.
Championship of Traditional Wrestling 2020 to welcome the Year of the Rat in Hanoi City scheduled to take place from the 10th to 14th of February must also be postponed.
In addition to postponing the Hanoi Open Dragon Boat Combating Festival in the spring of 2020, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports of also officially postponed the Championship of Traditional Wrestling 2020 to welcome the Year of the Rat in Hanoi City.
Director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, To Van Dong, said that the time of organizing the Festival will be notified by the Organization Board to the units after the direction of the competent authorities is issued
Ha Thanh