Immediately after the success of the August Revolution in 1945, even though the country was in a situation of "hanging by a thread", at the same time we had to lead our people to fight against "the hungry, the ignorant, the foreign invaders" and build building a new regime, but with far- sightedness, our Party and Uncle Ho still give special attention to sports work. On January 30, 1946, President Ho Chi Minh, on behalf of the Provisional Union Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, issued Decree No. Vietnam Revolutionary Sports with the mission of "researching methods and practices of physical education throughout the country" in order to "improve national health and improve the Vietnamese race". Next, on March 27, 1946, on behalf of the Government, Uncle Ho issued Decree No. 38 establishing the Department of Youth and Physical Education. On the same day, he wrote an article on Health and Fitness published in Cuu Quoc newspaper, calling on all people to exercise.