Hanoi(VNA) – The Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA) is pressing ahead withpreparations for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11thASEAN Para Games to be hosted by Vietnam in 2021, according to a leading official of the VSA.
The VSA hasestablished an administrative centre as well as sub-committees and organisingcommittees for each sport in the two events, Director General Vuong Bich Thangtold a conference held inHanoi on July 16 to review the sector’s performance in the first half of thisyear and outline tasks forthe second half.
It has alsocompleted the games’ charters and competition rules for each sport and plansfor holding meetings of the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), he noted.
Extra effortshave been made in providing intensive training for Vietnamese athletescompeting in SEA Games 31, ASEAN Para Games 11 as well as 2021 Olympics andParalympics’ qualifiers, among others, Thang added.
The officialfurther said that the VSA has closely coordinated with Hanoi authorities andrelevant units to prepare facilities and plan out all measures to ensuresecurity and prevent the COVID-19 outbreak during the two events.
Speaking atthe conference, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thienhighly spoke of the VSA’s efforts to gear up for the region’s biggest sportingevents.
He asked theVSA to send the best athletes to the sixth Asian Beach Games to be held inSanya, China, in November,SEA Games 31 and qualifiers of the 2021 Olympics and Paralympics, aiming forhigh results./.
The VSA hasestablished an administrative centre as well as sub-committees and organisingcommittees for each sport in the two events, Director General Vuong Bich Thangtold a conference held inHanoi on July 16 to review the sector’s performance in the first half of thisyear and outline tasks forthe second half.
It has alsocompleted the games’ charters and competition rules for each sport and plansfor holding meetings of the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), he noted.
Extra effortshave been made in providing intensive training for Vietnamese athletescompeting in SEA Games 31, ASEAN Para Games 11 as well as 2021 Olympics andParalympics’ qualifiers, among others, Thang added.
The officialfurther said that the VSA has closely coordinated with Hanoi authorities andrelevant units to prepare facilities and plan out all measures to ensuresecurity and prevent the COVID-19 outbreak during the two events.
Speaking atthe conference, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thienhighly spoke of the VSA’s efforts to gear up for the region’s biggest sportingevents.
He asked theVSA to send the best athletes to the sixth Asian Beach Games to be held inSanya, China, in November,SEA Games 31 and qualifiers of the 2021 Olympics and Paralympics, aiming forhigh results./.
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