With that success, both in terms of professional quality and the effect of the number of viewers in person and online, on television... Quang Ninh province is planning to elevate this special football tournament.
According to Mr. Tran Viet Dung - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ninh province - the tournament is expected to be held annually, on a larger scale.
The 2025 Quang Ninh Ethnic Minority Women's Football Tournament has ended with the image of hundreds of ethnic minority women wearing traditional costumes, competing fiercely on the football field in the border area of Binh Lieu.
The echoes of the tournament do not stop at the story of sports, but behind 15 matches lasting from December 3 to 7 in Binh Lieu commune is a bold experiment in making sports a new cultural - tourism product of Quang Ninh.
This year's tournament brings together 8 football teams from Quang Ninh, Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang, with about 130 athletes including women from San Chi, Dao Thanh Y, Dao Thanh Phan, San Duu, Tay... competing in the 7-a-side football format.
The special thing about the tournament is that the players take the field in their traditional costumes of their ethnic group. Brocade dresses, scarves, silver jewelry... combined with cheers on the pitch create a picture of identity that no professional football tournament can repeat. This makes the tournament a true cultural - sports festival, instead of just a simple competition activity.
After 5 days of exciting competition, Lam Thuong team (Lao Cai) excellently won the championship, defeating Mong Duong team (Quang Ninh) with a score of 4-1 in the final match. In addition to the prize money, many secondary awards were also awarded, such as: Best Player, Miss, Best Goalkeeper, Top Scorer, "Sports Family", contributing to honoring the talent and beauty of ethnic minority women.
In recent years, Binh Lieu has emerged as a "border tourism paradise", with a season of burnt grass, khung bo spine, So flower festival... The expanded women's football tournament of ethnic minorities has contributed to attracting more visitors to this border area.
Many visitors to Binh Lieu are not only to sightsee but also to watch a unique football tournament, where each match is also a cultural performance.
The success of the tournament shows the great potential of combining sports with community tourism, opening up opportunities for Quang Ninh to build more unique tourism products, imbued with the identity of the highlands but still attractive and modern.
If held annually, the tournament can completely become the brand of Quang Ninh - a special sports festival, where national culture and sportsmanship meet, lighting up new vitality for border villages.
