The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of An Giang province collaborated with local authorities to organize several provincial-level sports tournaments, including: An Giang Provincial Traditional Martial Arts Youth Tournament 2025, An Giang Provincial 7-a-side Football Tournament 2025, An Giang Provincial Cross-Country Championship 2025. The most exciting and attractive competition was the An Giang Provincial 7-a-side Football Tournament 2025, with the participation of 10 football teams from units, localities and football clubs in the province. The teams were divided into 3 groups, competing in a round-robin format to determine the top four teams advancing to the semi-finals and championship match. With a balance squad and many outstanding players, the team Mam lop Linh Vy Linh (Long Xuyen city) excellently won the championship. Trang Nhan FC team (Long Xuyen city) won second prize; Karaoke T3 (Long Xuyen city) and Gym Phuong Quynh (Long Xuyen city) shared third prize.

The 2025 An Giang Provincial Cross-Country Championship took place quite excitingly, attracting nearly 200 athletes from 18 units across the province, competing in age groups: Group 1 (from 12 to 17 years old) competed in 2km for women, 3km for men; Group 2 (from 18 to 35 years old) competed in 3km for women, 4km for men; Group 3 (from 36 years old and more) competed in 1.5km for women, 2.5km for men. This is also an opportunity for athletes to exchange, learn from each other, unite, contribute to creating a healthy and useful playground, improve cultural and spiritual life, improve the quality of life, and strengthen the great solidarity bloc. At the same time, it contributes to well implement the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and the movement "All people unite, build a cultural life". Thereby, promoting the sports training movement in general and cross-country training in particular in An Giang province.

The 2025 An Giang Provincial Youth Union Sports Festival attracted 250 athletes who are Youth Union officials from 14 district, town, cities and provincial Youth Unions to compete in 4 events: Soccer, women's volleyball, Pickleball and Tug of War. As a result, the first prize in soccer and women's volleyball belonged to the Youth Union of the Provincial Military Command; the first prize in Pickleball belonged to An Phu District Youth Union; the first prize in Tug of War belonged to the Youth Union of An Giang University - Ho Chi Minh City National University. "This is an opportunity for young people to participate in exchanges and learn from each other's experiences. In addition, regular physical training will contribute to improving health, helping union members and young people to complete their professional work well" - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Youth Union, Chairman of the Vietnam Youth Union of An Giang Province Do Minh Sang said.

Chau Thanh District People's Committee also organized a Sports Festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, attracting more than 150 athletes from communes and towns in the area, competing in 4 events, including: Women's volleyball, tug of war, men's soccer, Pickleball... As a result, An Chau unit won first prize in men's soccer; Battalion 3 of the Southwest Mobile Police Regiment won first prize in tug of war; An Chau town unit won first prize in women's volleyball; An Giang Pickleball Club won first prize in Pickleball men's doubles; Ket Noi Dam Me Club (An Chau town) won first prize in Pickleball men's and women's doubles. “The sports festival is a practical activity to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South, the reunification of the country and the 139th anniversary of International Labor Day. At the same time, it promotes the campaign “All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho”, creating a joyful, exciting, safe, healthy and competitive atmosphere among cadres, civil servants and public employees in the district” - Vice Chairman of Chau Thanh District People's Committee Ho Huu Tai shared.

Responding to Workers' Month and the Month of Action on Occupational Safety and Hygiene in 2025, grassroots labor unions in the province and localities organized many sports activities to create a healthy and useful playground for union members, workers and employees. Sports activities were organized in a variety of forms and rich in content, attracting a large number of union members, workers and employees to participate, such as: Football, table tennis, badminton, tug of war, folk games... Thereby, gradually meeting the needs of health training, building a healthy lifestyle, actively competing in labor and production among workers, civil servants and employees.

Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of An Giang, Dao Si Tuan, said: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), International Labor Day, May 01, departments, branches and many local authorities in the province organized sports activities associated with culture and arts. The activities took place enthusiastically, widely, suitable to the conditions of each unit and locality, ensuring solemnity, safety, economy and efficiency.

This is also an opportunity for athletes to compete, exchange experiences, unite, contribute to creating a healthy and useful playground, improve cultural and spiritual life, improve the quality of life, and strengthen the great solidarity bloc. At the same time, well implement the campaign "All people exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho" and the movement "All people unite, build a cultural life". Thereby, contributing to promoting the movement of physical training and sports, building a cultural life, improving the physical and spiritual health of the people./.

News by Trung Hieu

Translation by Thi Huynh