The opening ceremony also saw the participation of Ministerof Public Security Gen. To Lam, and Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.
This year’s sports festival attracted more than 1,000 officersand soldiers of the High Command competing in 21 categories of seven sports,including shooting, martial arts, badminton, volleyball and table tennis.
Commander Maj. Gen. Tran Hai Quan said that over the pastyears, the Party Committee and leaders of the Guard High Command have paidattention to educating and training officers and soldiers to ensure they havefirm political courage and good health, wholeheartedly serve the Fatherland andthe people and are ready to receive and successfully fulfil all assigned tasks./.