The tournament was officially kicked off at the football courts of Nam Viet Center of Sports and Entertainment in Tan Phuoc Khanh of Tan Uyen District this September 14 with participation of 52 teams from over 50 enterprises of domestic and foreign investment, operating in the province. Attending the kicking off ceremony was Deputy Chair of Provincial People’s Committee, Mr. Huynh Van Nhi who shook hands and awarded flowers and flags to participating teams to encourage them with the tournament. Deputy Chair of Provincial People’s Committee, Mr. Huynh Van Nhi offers flowers to congratulations on organizers The first ever tournament was so impressive to participants for its award positioning. Talking to us, sponsorship representatives of Eastern Sabeco and Honda Bien Hoa both appreciated the professional organization of the tournament. Mr. Pham Van Dan, representative of Eastern Sabeco said: “The tournament is meaningful in terms of connecting entrepreneurs and enterprises. On behalf of the sponsors, I thank you for your care for the enterprises by organizing such a meaningful tournament for us to join in.”Former player of V-League, Tran Nguyen Quan asserted: “In my opinion, this mini football tournament is of large scale and I am looking forward to the maintaining of such tournament to connect the young workers.”Present at the site was journalists Du Hai, Quoc Cuong, and Dao Tung who were all impressed by the tournament prize scale and awards.Mr. Nguyen Phu Yen, Deputy Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said: “Despite the first organization, the support of enterprises, entrepreneurs and workers in the province. Nearly 650 athletes are from 52 teams of over 50 enterprises of domestic and foreign investment.”Addressing the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Quang Hiep, Editor-in-chief of Binh Duong Newspaper said: “Socialization of sports events is one of the major decisions of the Party and the State to bring up new appearance of sports events in the greater picture of sports socialization.”Reported by Chi Thanh – Translated by Vi Bao