In the
framework of the cooperation between The People’s Police Academy (PPA) and the Korean
International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in Vietnam, under the permission of
the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, the PPA has just
received one KOICA’s Taekwondo volunteer.
Mr. Song Jun
Han, 26 years old, is one of the experienced Korean coaches of Taekwondo. Before coming to the PPA, Song Jun
Han had been a Taekwondo coach of the Hau Giang Sports Competition and
Training Centre. During his working time there, Song Jun Han and the Taekwondo
team joined many Taekwondo competitions, notably in 2014, the Nationwide Youth Award in Lao
Cai and the 7th Nationwide Sports Festival in Ha Nam. Under the
training of Mr. Song Jun Han, the Hau Giang’s Taekwondo team gained one silver and one bronze medal.
Leader of the International Cooperation Division worked
with the coordinator of KOICA voluntary program
On July 27th, 2015, under
the authorization of the Board of Directors, Major
Cao Hoang Long - Leader of the International Cooperation Division welcomed
Song Jun Han to the PPA and expressed the sincere thanks to the KOICA Vietnam
Office for its support in providing Taekwondo trainers. He also reviewed the
achievements of Taekwondo volunteers in the PPA and emphasized that thanks to
the support and training of the Korean volunteers, the taekwondo team of the
PPA regularly participated in competitions of the Ministry of
Public Security and achieved many kinds of medals which encouraged many cadets
to take part in the taekwondo club of the Academy.
Then, the
KOICA Vietnam Office handed over the Taekwondo volunteer to the Department of
Military, Martial Arts and Sports. Senior Colonel Nguyen Duc Tang, Head of the
Department expressed his great pleasure to receive Song Jun Han and promised to
facilitate as much as possible for Song Jun Han to catch up with the working
environment in the Academy. At the same time, Colonel Tang shared experiences
with KOICA Team in boosting activities of teaching Taekwondo at the PPA.
The Department of Military, Martial
Arts and Sports was pleased
to received Korean coaches of Taekwondo Song Jun
Han
The KOICA manager
of the volunteers, Mrs. Sun Jooree expressed her sincere thanks to the PPA for
the enthusiastic support. She also strongly believed that the professional
environment of teaching and training at the PPA would create favourable
conditions for the volunteers to complete their duty and strengthen Taekwondo
skills of their own.
At the end of
the hand-over ceremony, the officers of KOICA and the volunteers visited a
Taekwondo class at the PPA.
Written
by Xuan Binh
Translated by Dat Bui