On May 31, 2024, Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) held the awards and closing ceremony of the 2024 Student Sports Festival (TDTU Games) titled “Rise as The Champion” which includes 10 competitions: Basketball, Table Tennis, Soccer, Badminton, Taekwondo, Modern Dance, Chess, Tug of War, Swimming and Marathon.

Attending the ceremony, on the sponsor’s side, there was the presence of Mr. Nguyen Van Trang - Deputy General Director of Geru Star Sports Joint Stock Company. Dr. Tran Trong Dao - TDTU President, Dr. Vo Hoang Duy – TDTU Vice President, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Thi Minh Ly - Vice Chairwoman of the University Council, along with leaders of Departments, Faculties and a large number of students competing at this year’s TDTU Games attended and witnessed the Awards Ceremony.

After nearly 3 months of competition among nearly 1,700 athletes who are currently students and international students in 10 attractive and diverse sports, the Sports Festival has brought extremely exciting and dramatic matches to find and honor outstanding individuals and teams at this Sports Festival. The result was as follows:

•  Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering won the Consolation prize for the whole team with 31 points in total.
• The Faculty of Civil Engineering won the Third prize for the whole team with 33 points in total.
• The Faculty of Business Administration won the Second prize for the whole team with 52 points in total.
• The Faculty of Sport Science won First prize for the whole team with 120 points in total.

 “The Organizing Committee believes that all athletes participating in the Sports Festival are winners, winners of passion, effort, determination, solidarity and friendship in order to join hands to create a successful and memorable Sports Festival. We hope that the athletes, fans as well as students throughout the University will continue to maintain the passion for sports and perseverance in training to improve physical and mental health, which is the foundation for good learning, training and move towards to build a healthy and happy lifestyle...”, said Ms. Dang Thi Kim Anh (MA), Head of the Department of Student Affairs - Head of the Organizing Committee.

TDTU Games is a meaningful activity organized periodically to motivate and encourage the movement of sports and physical training, while also creating opportunities for students to show off their talents in the field of sports. Besides, the Sports Festival is also an opportunity for students to have the opportunity to exchange and learn from experience, in the spirit of sports solidarity, honesty, nobility and progress.

Some photos of competitions at this year’s sports festival: