(HBO) - In recent years, the movement of physical training and sports in Doan Ket commune (Yen Thuy district) has developed strongly and widely in the hamlets. Besides mass sports, ethnic traditional sports are also regularly practiced by people such as crossbow shooting, tug of war, pushing sticks, stilts...
Doan Ket commune women's volleyball team (on the left) attended the Volleyball Championship in Yen Thuy district in 2019.
Doan Ket commune has 4,176 people with over 1,000 households. After the merger, the commune has 8 hamlets. The early morning and late afternoon every day, every strata of people gather at the sports fields to exchange and practice. Depending on the interests and passion, each person selects his or her own sports that suit them. Volleyball, football, badminton are popular sports that people love most.
Currently, the whole commune has 22 men's and women's volleyball teams and the volleyball teams of the elderly. Practicing physical training and sports attact a lot of people. The people wich practice regularly sports and physical training is over 41%, the number of sports households is 298 households.
The commune always pays attention to organizing sports tournaments to create a playground for people to have opportunities to exchange and compete. Through the awards, discovering young sports nuclei
All 8 villages in the commune have a cultural house and a sports playground. Physical training and sports in Doan Ket commune has become a healthy, useful and practical playground, attracting alot of people, contributing to improving health and enriching spiritual life, increasing solidarity, away from social evils.
A total of 85 young players from across Hoa Binh province recently participated in the provincial Youth Table Tennis Tournament. Organised by the provincial Centre for Youth Activities, the event was part of activities to celebrate the 94th founding anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (March 26, 1931 – 2025) and the 79th anniversary of Vietnam Sports Day (March 27, 1946 – 2025).
Hoa Binh province held a ceremony at Hoa Binh Square on the morning of March 23 to launch the "All People Exercise Following the Example of Great Uncle Ho" movement and the Olympic Run Day for public health 2025.
In 2 days, March 1-2, 2025, at the Provincial Gymnasium, the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism organized the 2025 Provincial Youth Championship of Crossbow Shooting, Tug-of-War, and Stich Pushing. This annual event is hosted by the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism.
On February 23, the Hoa Binh Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, in collaboration with the General Department of Sports and Physical Training’s karate division and the provincial Karate federation, organised the 2025 national karate dan promotion exam at the provincial sports arena. The exam covered the first (Shodan), second (Nidan), and third (Sandan) dan levels, with no fourth (Yondan) or fifth (Godan) dan tests this year.
In the early days of the Year of the Snake, Hoa Binh province is filled with a lively and joyful atmosphere as various sports exchange and competition activities take place. These events have become a cherished tradition among local ethnic communities, strengthening their solidarity and fostering their close bonds. They contribute to the robust development of grassroots sports movements, enhancing the cultural and spiritual life of the people.
The Hoa Binh provincial Health sector trade union organized the 1st expanded Hoa Binh provincial Health sector Pickleball tournament in 2025.
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