The 7th national sports festival will be held in November in the
northern provinces and cities of Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Ha Nam, Ninh Binh,
Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Hoa Binh, Quang Ninh and Hanoi, with Nam Dinh
being the host of the festival.

The festival will
include events in 36 sports, such as athletics, football, karate,
weight-lifting, taekwondo, chess, volleyball, water sports, tennis,
vovinam, judo, traditional martial arts, pencak silat, wrestling,
badminton, wushu, table-tennis, golf, billiards-snooker, canoeing,
cycling, boxing, dance sport, and sport aerobics.

The event is to
encourage localities to actively train talented athletes to prepare for
ASIAD 2014, SEA Games 2015, Asian Beach Games 2016 and other
international sports festivals.-VNA