Son La province’s athletes grabbed one gold and one bronze at the 2024 National Pencak Silat Championship, held from October 10-20 in the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
The Son La Elite Hill Marathon 2024 took place at Tay Bac (Northwest) Square in Son La city on October 6, drawing over 700 athletes from agencies, businesses, communes and wards in Son La city and clubs in and outside the province.
Son La province’s athletes won three gold, one silver and eight bronze medals at the National Taekwondo Club Championships – the Republic of Korea (RoK) Ambassador Cup 2024, which took place at the Lao Cai provincial Sports Gymnasium on September 11-19.
The Van Ho district People's Committee organised sport competitions and folk games of ethnic minorities at the stadium of Chieng Di 2 hamlet, Van Ho commune, on August 31.
Son La province’s team won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the National Age Groups Taekwondo Championship – CJ 2024 held in Tien Giang province from August 15-22.
The Ministry of Education and Training held a ceremony in the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 6 to wrap up the 10th National Phu Dong Sports Games.
The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism coordinated with the Son Ma district People's Committee in organising the province’s 2024 Taekwondo tournament for all ages in the district on July 16.
The provincial Sports Training and Competition Centre is providing training for 42 athletes for provincial teams, 81 for young teams, and 50 gifted athletes, focusing on pencak silat, muay, taekwondo, women's football, tennis, table tennis, boxing, kick boxing, badminton, athletics, and cycling.
Athlete Bac Thi Khiem from Son La province on May 18 excellently won a gold medal at the 2024 Asian Taekwondo Championships held in the central city of Da Nang.
Responding to the Workers' Month 2024, and promoting the campaign "All people take exercise following the example of great Uncle Ho", the provincial Youth Union and the Vietnam Youth Federation’s provincial chapter, in collaboration with the Phuc Sinh Son La Joint Stock Company in Chieng Mung commune, Mai Son district, organised the 2024 sports festival for youths and workers on May 17.
After four days of competition at the National Phu Dong Sports Games - Region 1 in Phu Tho province, Son La province's athletes won 40 medals, including 19 gold, 13 silver and 18 bronze medals.
The provincial Social Security Agency’s Trade Union on May 11 organised a running tournament to celebrate the Workers' Month and the Month promoting social insurance for all at Tay Bac (Northwest) Square in Son La city.
The Student Association of Tay Bac University on May 11 organised the Running for Youth tournament in the 2023-2024 school year, attracting more than 2,000 officials, lecturers and students, including Laotians.
The Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank)’s branch in Mai Son district coordinated with the district’s Youth Union to organise the Agribank Cup Youth Marathon in 2024 in Muong Bon commune on May 5.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7, 1954 -2024) and 65th years since President Ho Chi Minh and a central-level delegation visited and talked with residents in Yen Chau district (May 8, 1959-2024), the district People's Committee on May 4 organised an open running tournament.
After more than three hours, riders of the “Return to Dien Bien Phu – 2024, People’s Army Newspaper Cup” completed the third stage from Van Ho district to Son La city, stretching 141km.
Within the framework of the ongoing second phase of the 12th Phu Dong Sports Games of Son La province, athletics competitions are taking place at the stadium of the provincial Sports Training and Competition Centre from April 17-21, with five events: 60-1,500m run, standing long jump, long jump, high jump and weightlifting.