Hanoi Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh (C) encourages athletes ahead of the opening ceremony of SEA Games 31. (Photo: VNA)

While visiting the training facility at the Hanoi Sports Training and Competition Center and presenting gifts to the coaches and athletes of the iron ball and sword teams, Mayor Anh said, “Hanoi is proud to have contributed 227 athletes, 30% of the athletes on the national sports teams. We wish all the coaches and athletes a good performance in the Games.”