Ho Chi Minh City will host the national strong team shooting tournament for the first time

The tournament took place from August 1 to August 10, organized by the Vietnam Shooting Federation, the General Department of Physical Education and Sports in collaboration with the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City. The first two days, athletes practice to get used to the shooting range. The opening ceremony took place on the afternoon of August 2 at the Binh Thanh District Sports Center. On the morning of August 3, the first content began to take place.

There are a total of 14 events, including: 50m lying rifle, 50m three-position rifle, 10m air rifle, 50m pistol, 10m air pistol, 25m rapid fire pistol, 25m standard pistol, 25m pistol revolver, 25m sport pistol, 10m portable air rifle, 10m mixed mobile air rifle, Trap flying saucer, Double Trap flying saucer and Skeet flying saucer.

This is the first time the national strong team shooting tournament has been held in Ho Chi Minh City. A special feature of this year's tournament is a system of 10 electronic beer installed to serve the competition. Electronic beer is widely used in international shooting sports tournaments. In Vietnam, the National Sports Training Center was the first to be equipped.

In an effort to upgrade the shooting range and create conditions for the development of shooting, Ho Chi Minh City has equipped 10 electronic targets, which were put into use for the first time at this year's National Strong Teams Shooting Tournament. This tournament is expected to create a premise for the city to host more national or international shooting tournaments in the future.

"Shooting is a sport with high Olympic accessibility for Vietnam because it is mainly based on resilience, accuracy and balance, not a fighting sport based on strength. However, investment in facilities. "This sport is expensive and still faces many problems in Vietnam. Through this tournament, Ho Chi Minh City hopes to remove difficulties for shooting, so that this subject can make a quick breakthrough," said Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City. Nguyen Nam Nhan commented.

Shooting sports has recently received more and more attention and acceptance from a large number of people. In Ho Chi Minh City, the City Sports Shooting Club - Saigon Sniper has made innovations to bring shooting closer to fans, especially young people. This is also the unit contributing to the 2023 National Strong Teams Shooting Tournament. According to Mr. Nhan, the support from sponsors such as Saigon Sniper is indispensable to promote the development of shooting in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City.