Sports are considered as a movement not only to improve health, build peace, and enhance the spirit of friendship and solidarity but also to further boost the economy.
The note was highlighted by H.E. Vath Chamroeun, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC) in a press conference on Women Run 10K, at the NOCC’s headquarters in Phnom Penh on Feb. 6.
H.E. Vath Chamroeun continued that the ministry and NOCC are working hard in pushing for the promotion of people’s welfare through sport activities.
For the ASEAN region, he continued, the bloc always train its physical education and sports officials to help inspire the ASEAN people to play sports. Sports makes ASEAN people healthy, contributing to the region’s strong economic force, he underlined.
The NOCC secretary general also underscored the Royal Government of Cambodia’s goal to establish 100 model schools in 2024 whose key principles also focus on sports.
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ource: Agence Kampuchea Presse
HCM City: The Tet book street festival 2024 of Ho Chi Minh City kicked off on February 7, expected to be a worth-visiting destination during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
With dragon-themed decorations, the annual festival is held on Le Loi street and covers 11,200 sq.m, more than 3,000 sq.m larger than last year’s event. It sees the participation of more than 30 publishers and distributors who introduce about 65,000 books to visitors.
Among the three main zones, Zone A (from Nguyen Hue street to Pasteur street) displays unique publications and photos, rare and valuable books. Zone B (from Pasteur to Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street) is reserved for technology in the book industry like audio and electronic books. Meanwhile, Zone C (from Nam Ky Khoi Nghia to the Quach Thi Trang roundabout) includes book pavilions, an entertainment area for children, and a rest area for visitors.
Lam Dinh Thang, Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications, said a new and interesting thing at this year
‘s festival is that more than 16,000 books will be presented as gifts for visitors. Organisers hope that presenting books as gifts will become a popular practice of the local political system, people, and businesses.
For the last more than 10 years, the book street festival has become a unique and typical cultural event of HCM City every Tet, giving domestic and foreign visitors a springtime destination and helping promote the reading habit in the local community.
The Tet book street festival 2024 is scheduled to last through February 14 (the fifth day of the Year of the Dragon)./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency