Go is a genuine business tool that brings Asian elites together in an informal environment. For Russian business representatives, Go is a key to successful negotiations and partnership on Eastern markets.
Among the delegates and honourary guests of the tournament are heads of Korean Go associations, as well as members of Indian Go Business Club, who came to Russia for the first time to take part in the competition.
Apart from the classic tournament, honourary guests will test VR-Go and hold the first virtual game ever.
During the breaks between games, players and businessmen from Far Eastern regions will hold workshops on Go strategic principles, while the members of the organizing committee – Sergey Gorkov, General Director of Rosgeologia, and Vitaliy Nesis, CEO of Polymetal International – will set the countdown timer for the 41th World Go Championship that will take place in Vladivostok in 2020.

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World Curling Tournament Stage among mixed pairs of the Pacific Ocean Cup 2019 will take place in Vladivostok as part of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum sporting programme. The tournament will bring together teams from Russia, China, South Korea, Australia and Japan. For Russian pairs, this will be the first tournament of the new international season. All teams are members of the global elite, so Forum participants and residents of Primorye will witness the curling masters.

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Annually, the games bring together more than 300 children from the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region to the ‘Ocean’ National Children’s Centre. The festival participants live on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University.
Teams of boys and girls ages 13–16 from 8 countries – India, China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Laos, Thailand, and Russia – will participate in the Youth Sports Games of the APR.
Competitions will be held in 9 sports: badminton, 3 x 3 basketball, judo, track and field, futsal, table tennis, swimming and chess.
The organizers of the Games are the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation, the administration of the Primorye Territory and Russian School Sports Federation.
The Games participants are in for an eventful cultural programme: Vladivostok sightseeing, a tribute to the S56 Submarine memorial and the Primorsky Aquarium visit.
Such international youth festivals promote intercultural communication and friendly relations between countries.
The Games opening ceremony will be held on 5 September at 18:00 in the Ocean Centre amphitheatre.

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