Friendship Badminton Tournament between Vietnam and Japan: “Software to light up the future”
On the afternoon of June 2 a charity badminton match will be held at the Trinh Hoai Duc Sports Center between the Vietnam National Badminton team and the Nihon Unisys IT Company team, which has twice won the Japanese professional championship. The free-entry match is being organized by Vietnam’s USOL Software (a subsidiary of Japan’s Nihon Unisys IT Company), with co-organizers being FPT Software, the Vietnam Badminton Federation and the Yonex Company. With the message “Software to light up the future”, the match aims at strengthening the Vietnam-Japan co-operative relationship in IT. Money raised at the match will go to the Vietnam Children’s Protection Fund.
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Nguyen Minh Tien, an outstanding badminton player from Vietnam , will play for the Vietnamese team. It is expected to attract 2,000 spectators, including representatives from the Vietnamese Government, the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam, the Vietnam Badminton Federation, the Japan Badminton Association, the Hanoi People’s Committee, the Committee for Sports and Physical Training, the national badminton team, Vietnamese software companies and the IT University.
“This is the first time Vietnam ’s badminton team has played in a friendly match with the badminton club of a foreign IT company,” said the Deputy Secretary of the Vietnam Badminton Federation. “The tournament shows the goodwill in co-operation and development between Vietnam and Japan , not only in the IT sector but also in sports. The Vietnam Badminton Federation hopes that activities such as this will become an annual event, which can be organized either in Vietnam or Japan .”
“Badminton is a popular sport in Vietnam , so the Unisys Badminton Club, who was crowned champions of the Japanese League in 2005 and 2006, wants to play in a friendly match with Vietnam ’s national team. Through this activity we hope to attract the attention of the public, contributing to strengthening Vietnam – Japan relations, especially in the software sector,” said Mr Yokomizo, Director of USOL Vietnam.
With the slogan “IT serves people and society”, USOL Vietnam was established on 1 June 2006 in Hanoi , operating in the field of software development for Nihon Unisys. As a partner of FPT Corporation in producing software, USOL Vietnam, with a staff of 113, hopes to contribute to the development of Vietnam ’s IT sector.
Information on the Nihon Unisys Badminton Club
Establishment
After badminton became an official sport at the Barcelona Olympics in 1988, the Nihon Unisys Badminton Club was established in a bid to train international level players.
Established in 1990, the club won the championship in the second-class tournament in 1991. In 2005 it won the championship in the Japanese League for the first time. In 2006, of the ten players at the Thomas&Uber Tournament, four were from the Nihon Unisys Badminton Club. Japan ’s team finished eighth at the tournament.
Achievements
v Collective awards:
1. National Championship:
The Club participated in 14 tournaments from 1992 to 2005 and is now preparing for its 15th tournament.
► Achievements in last five years
- Champions at 2005 tournament
- Ranked fourth at the 2001 tournament; Silver medals from 2002 to 2004.
2. Japanese Badminton Association Competition
► Achievements in last five years
- 2006: Champions
- 2005: Silver medal
- 2003 and 2004: Bronze Medal
- 2002: Ranked fifth
v Individuals:
1. Olympics:
- 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens : Hidetaka Yamada played in the men’s singles tournament
2. International competitions:
- 2006: American Open Championship, Nakanishi Yosuke won the men’s singles championship
- Yonex Japan Open 2006: twins Sakamoto and Ikeda won the bronze medal in the men’s doubles
- 2005: Danish Open Championship, Sakamoto and Ikeda won the bronze medal in the men’s doubles
3. National competitions:
- 2006:
Ranking Circuit: Sakamoto and Ikeda won the men’s doubles championship
Japan Semi-professional championship: Nakao and Komiyama won the bronze medal in the men’s doubles
- 2005:
Japan Championship
Men’s doubles: Sakamoto and Ikeda: Champions
Fukui and Ikeda: Bronze medal
Men’s singles: Yosuke Nakanishi: Bronze medal
Match Schedule
Time : 2pm to 5.30pm
Location: Trinh Hoai Duc Sports Center
· Director of Nihon Unisys delivers welcome speech
· Representative of the Vietnam Badminton Association delivers speech
· Representative of the Japan Badminton Association delivers speech
· Representative of the Vietnamese Government delivers speech (proposed)
· Representative of the Japanese Embassy delivers speech
· Representative of FPT Software delivers speech
· Matches: three men’s singles and two men’s doubles matches
· Charity activities
For more information:
Ms. Hoang Thu Hang
USOL Vietnam Corporation
Tel: (84 4) 755 6500 ext 217
Fax: (84 4) 755 6501
Mobile : 84 916 081 468
E-mail: [email protected]
