Organising committee reviews preparations for SEA Games 31
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the national steering committee for organising the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), chaired a meeting with ministries and sectors on April 22 to review preparations for the region's biggest sport event.
The meeting of the 31st SEA Games organising committee on April 22. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam,head of the national steering committee for organising the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), chaired a meeting with ministries andsectors on April 22 to review preparations for the region's biggest sport event.
TheDeputy PM requested ministries, sectors and localities to continue workingclosely and effectively with one another to address problems and ensure asuccessful Games.
Tran Duc Phan, Deputy General Director of theVietnam Sports Administration, reported that preparations for SEA Games 31 have been basically completed, and the country is now ready for theevent.
Theorganising committee has ordered plans to be carried out to guarantee security,health care, pandemic safety, logistics, public services and transport. It hasalso publicised competition regulations, guidebooks and competition schedules.
Sofar, it has received registrations from over 7,800 delegates, coaches andathletes from 11 Southeast Asian countries, as well as more than 2,500 domesticand foreign reporters. It has also invited nearly 1,300 international referees,supervisors and technical officials for the Games, Phan noted.
The localities hosting competitions have also been working hard to gear up forthe Games.
The official added from now to the opening ceremony, the organising committeewill continue examining preparations, training volunteers, and implementing plansto ensure security and order.
The 31st SEA Games is slated for May 12 - 23, featuring 40 sports with 526 categories.
It will take place in Hanoi and 11 nearby localities, namely Bac Ninh, Bac Giang,Nam Dinh, Ha Nam, Hoa Binh, Hai Phong, Phu Tho, Hai Duong, Quang Ninh, NinhBinh, and Vinh Phuc. The capital city will be the venue for the opening andclosing ceremonies, along with 18 sports./.
Along with Hanoi, the northern province of Hoa Binh is one of 12 cities and provinces honoured to host sporting events within the framework of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 31. Nineteen years after first doing so at SEA Games 22 in 2003, Hoa Binh once again joins the atmosphere of the region’s biggest sports gathering by co-organising road cycling and mountain biking from May 14-22.
Vietnamese athletes have set a goal of winning 16-18 gold medals to defend the country's first place in the track and field events at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
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These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The meeting of the 31st SEA Games organising committee on April 22. (Photo: VNA) 
