This morning, the 8^th Da Nang Newspaper Football Tournament for primary and junior high school pupils opened at the city’s Tien Son Sports Arena.

Addressing the event, the DA NANG Newspaper Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Head of the Organising Board, Mr Hua Van Hai, highlighted the great efforts made by the Newspaper in cooperating with relevant local agencies to ensure the successful organisation of this year’s tournament. He added that the annual tournament aims to create a useful activity for primary and junior high school pupils during their summer vacation.

Mr Hai also took the opportunity to thank the sponsors for their much appreciated donations towards the organisation of this year’s event. They were: the Vingroup, the Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper Printing Company, the city branch of the Viet Nam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), the Viettronimex Electronics and Informatics Company, and the PGT Group.

This year’s tournament sees the participation of 16 teams who have all recorded outstanding achievements in sports activities in their schools over the past year.

Under the competition’s rules, the teams will compete in a round-robin format in the qualifying stages. The 2 most outstanding teams in each group will compete in the semi-final rounds.

The tournament will run until 24 May. Matches will be played daily at 7.00am and 2.00pm, and admission is free for spectators.

Here are some amazing photos about the opening ceremony of the tournament.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Hua Van Hai speaking at the opening ceremony

A dancing performance

Delegates at the event

Representatives from the tournament’s organising board

Mr Hai presenting flowers and souvenir flags to participating football and referee teams

An exciting match between Phu Dong and Tran Cao Van primary schools on the opening day of the tournament

An action shot from the match

Fans enthusiastically cheering