Exciting sports activities at the Whale Festival - Can Gio 2025

VHO - Within the framework of the Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio 2025 (Can Gio commune, Ho Chi Minh City), special sports activities have been taking place, attracting great attention from local people and tourists from near and far.

On the morning of October 5, at Can Thanh Park, Can Gio Commune, the Flag Raising Ceremony - Opening of the Festival took place. Whale Festival - Can Gio 2025.

Ceremony at the Great Flag Raising Ceremony - Opening of the Whale Festival - Can Gio 2025

Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio is a National Intangible Cultural Heritage and is also the only traditional festival of local fishermen held annually.

Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio 2025 will take place for 3 days, from October 5 to 7 in Can Gio commune.

The festival aims to preserve and promote traditional cultural values ​​of the locality, contributing to building and developing an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity.

In particular, focusing on preserving the unique cultural features of coastal people, strengthening propaganda and education on love for the profession, love for the homeland, the sacred sea and islands of the Fatherland.

Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cycling Tournament 2025 takes place in excitement

Right after the Flag Raising Ceremony, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cycling Race 2025 took place with the participation of hundreds of racers.

Along with that, the Can Gio Commune Futsal Tournament expanded with 8 participating teams; the Tennis Tournament to welcome the Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio 2025 attracted 30 athletes.

Meanwhile, the Can Gio Open Petanque Tournament has long become a traditional activity of the Festival, attracting great attention from those who love this sport.

Futsal tournament has 8 participating teams

According to the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Can Gio Commune Party Committee, Kha Van Phuoc, with the spirit of "Healthy to study, build and protect the Fatherland" and following the series of sports activities to welcome the Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio 2025, sports tournaments are organized to enhance the spirit of solidarity, meeting, exchanging, learning experiences, and improving physical strength.

At the same time, strongly promote the movement of physical exercise and sports in agencies, departments, branches, enterprises, armed forces and clubs in the commune in particular and Ho Chi Minh City in general.

Many young people try their hand at physical games.

Previously, from September 26 to 29, the first activity at the Nghinh Ong - Can Gio 2025 Festival, the HDBank Green Marathon 2025, took place enthusiastically, attracting nearly 4,000 athletes to participate.

Not only a sports race, but also a community event with a strong humanitarian imprint with many meaningful green activities, contributing to raising social awareness of environmental protection and sustainable development.

With the desire to turn the race into an emotional journey of experience, the tournament has integrated many practical programs such as planting trees to create green spaces, collecting waste, giving Mid-Autumn gifts and bicycles to disadvantaged children.

Marathon brings meaningful messages

This contributes to spreading the spirit of protecting marine and forest ecosystems, activities that go hand in hand with the tournament, and is also a strong message to the community.

Sports competitions within the framework of the Nghinh Ong Festival - Can Gio 2025 continue to take place such as Pickleball, Lion - Lion - Dragon performances, stilt racing or Martial music.

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