SAV Director Dang Ha Viet held a working session the CJ Group delegation, led by Executive Director of Sports Marketing Kim YooSang, on December 11 in Ha Noi.
Reviewing their works over years Director Viet highly appreciated the results achieved between the two sides.
Mentioning the national Sports and Physical Training Development Strategy to 2030 with a vision to 2045, which has been recently approved by the Vietnamese Government, Director Viet said: “Viet Nam focuses on developing a number of key sports including taekwondo, aiming to win medals at the Asian Games (ASIAD).
Director of the Sports Authority of Viet Nam Dang Ha Viet has a working session with CJ Group delegation on December 11 in Ha Noi
Therefore, at this meeting, Director Viet hoped that the two sides would together find solutions to develop taekwondo in Viet Nam and implement the strategy’s goals successfully.
Director Kim shared Director Viet’s points of view and hoped that the two sides could reach an agreement on solutions to further develop Viet Nam's taekwondo.
During the past time, the two parties, especially CJ Group, always tried hard to find suitable plans to push Viet Nam's taekwondo development not only in the region but also in the continent and beyond at the Olympic Games.
Reviewing the results achieved in their cooperation, Head of SAV’s Department of Elite Sport 1 Hoang Quoc Vinh said: “In 2013, the SAV signed a Memorandum of Cooperation Agreement with CJ Group for the period of 2013-16.
“The two parties later signed a Cooperation Agreement on sponsoring the Vietnamese taekwondo team for the period of 2017-21 on July 8, 2020; and a Memorandum of Agreement to sponsor the Viet Nam national taekwondo team for the period of 2023-24 on February 20, 2023.
“Since then, every year, CJ Group, SAV, the Viet Nam Taekwondo Federation and the Department of Taekwondo have always coordinated tightly and implemented effectively many cooperative activities.”
To prepare for the period from now to 2030, the SAV wanted the two sides to focus on different issues such as training programmes, experts and finding funding sources for the Vietnamese taekwondo, especially for the national team athletes.
In the national Sports and Physical Training Development Strategy to 2030 with a vision to 2045, taekwondo martial artists are asked to win gold medals at the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya in 2026 and medals at the Summer Olympics Los Angeles in 2028.
CJ Group’s Executive Director of Sports Marketing Kim YooSang speaks at the working session with the SAV officials on December 11 in Ha Noi
In order to realize the above goals, many young athletes need to be well-trained in a professional training environment. Qualified coaches and experts would certainly assist Vietnamese athletes keep up with modern training methods which help them strongly improve their technique and level.
The SAV appealed and appreciated the coordination and cooperation of local and international sponsors, organisations and businesses including CJ Group.
Director Kim respected the requirements from the SAV and the Department of Taekwondo regarding the cooperation’s field of experts. He asked the two sides would summarize and evaluate the quality of training programmes and set requirements for the coaches and experts.
Director Kim also agreed with the SAV’s proposal of CJ Group’s companionship and support in organizing national and international taekwondo tournaments scheduled for June, 2025. However, he said that the two sides needed to conduct further discussions on an organizational plan to come to a final decision.
Director Kim said that first of all the two sides should have a unanimous opinion on the contents and sign a Cooperation Agreement in January, 2025.
Thanh Ha