RoK to help Vietnam with hosting Asian open police taekwondo championships
The Seoul-based World Taekwondo Academy (WTA), known as Kukkiwon, is willing to support Vietnam in organising the 2024 Asian Open Police Taekwondo Championships, said its President Lee Dong-seop on November 8.
He made the statement when receiving delegations from the Vietnam People's Police Sports Association and the World Police Taekwondo Federation (WPTF) in Seoul to discuss the organisation of the tournament, scheduled for December 6-9 in Vietnam's northern province of Quang Ninh.
At the meeting, Colonel Nguyen Thi Thuy Thanh, Vice President and General Secretary of the association, and Deputy Director of the Department of Political Work under the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, said that the tournament’s organisers hope to get support from police taekwondo federations and Taekwondo practitioners around the world.
"It will be an important step to affirm the position of the Vietnam Police Sports Association on the global sports map as well as in the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) and other countries in the region," she stated, adding it also aims to promote Taekwondo in particular and sports in general in the entire police force as well as the whole society.
During their trip in the RoK from November 7-11, the Vietnamese delegation and the WPTF will continue to discuss the preparation for the tournament.
The event will feature two competitions - one for policemen from Asian countries while the other for children, teenagers, young people, and the elderly.
The WPTF has posted information about the tournament and invited police groups and individuals to join in. Registrations must be submitted from October 13 to November 13, 2024.
