Press conference for the 3rd Thu Duc open golf tournament

DNHN - On the morning of August 9, 2024, the People's Committee of Thu Duc City (HCMC) held a press conference to announce the 3rd Thu Duc Open Golf Tournament and Announce the Establishment of Thu Duc City Golf Association.

Thu Duc City People's Committee decided to establish Thu Duc City Golf Association. Thu Duc City Golf Association is a non-profit and voluntary organization of businessmen and organizations in Thu Duc City with a passion for the sport of Golf, serving as a bridge to build communities to connect. success with the slogan "Creating Community - Connecting Success" represents the spirit of cooperation, creating value and achieving goals.

At the ceremony announcing the establishment of Thu Duc City Golf Association term I (2024 - 2029), a Standing Committee was also introduced including Chairman Nguyen Hoang Tuan, Vice Chairman Nguyen Van Doi, Secretary General Nguyen Gia Bao, Head of the Committee. Check out Le Quoc Duy , introduce and share the detailed implementation plan of the 3rd Thu Duc Open golf tournament program.

Activities included in the development plan of this Association are necessary, helping to unify the scale, orientation, and promote the sports movement in Thu Duc City.

Mr. Nguyen Hoang Tuan - Chairman of Thu Duc City Golf Association - affirmed: "We want to take advantage of the internal strength of the Association through Golf sports to exploit opportunities to reach partners who are foreign businesses, from That enhances international economic value and develops the domestic Entrepreneur community."

As planned, the 3rd Thu Duc Open Golf Tournament will take place on September 7, 2024 at Thu Duc Golf Course (Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City) with the competition of more than 280 golfers from units, consulates, businesses and benefactors were jointly organized by the People's Committee of Thu Duc City, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Thu Duc City and the Thu Duc City Golf Association with the goal of promoting Encourage units, businesses, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists inside and outside Thu Duc city to participate in contributing to the "For the Poor" fund and activities "Accompanying for a civilized, modern, and civilized Thu Duc City." love".

Compared to the second tournament taking place in September 2023, the third Thu Duc golf Open tournament will have a larger number of golfers participating, a new brand identity, and many golfers from the Consulates.

According to Mr. Hoang Tung - Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee, in the second time it was organized, the tournament raised about 40 billion VND for the Fund for the Poor from golfers, businesses, and sponsors in the area. and outside Thu Duc City. That amount of funding has been used to care for and support the poor, policy families, as well as for activities "Accompanying for a civilized, modern, and compassionate Thu Duc City"...

"We have great expectations for this golf tournament to join hands to ensure social security, care for vulnerable people and a number of local activities," said Chairman of Thu Duc City People's Committee - Hoang Tung. , share.

The budget for organizing the 3rd Thu Duc golf open tournament is about 1 billion VND, collected from golfers' participation fees, 4 million VND/golfer.

Prizes for golfers are in-kind items sponsored by businesses, there are no cash prizes.

The 3rd Thu Duc open golf tournament is also an activity to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1975 - September 2, 2024), and at the same time enjoy responding to the campaign "All people exercise their bodies following the example of great Uncle Ho" in the period 2021 - 2030.

Thu Duc City aims to have basically no poor households by the end of 2024, contributing to Ho Chi Minh City's achievement of this goal by the end of the term.

Phuoc Lap