The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will have more sports than in the past, according to the Việt Nam Sports Administration. The Vietnamese sport delegation at the opening ceremony of the 29th SEA Games in Malaysia in 2017. Việt Nam will host the 31st Games in 2021 and expects to organise 40 sports. — Photo 24h.com.vn Speaking at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday, the administration named 36 sports, saying a further four will be added in the coming months. They will be divided into three groups. One will be athletics and aquatics, another for gymnastics, rowing, football, shooting, weightlifting and martial arts and the third for 11 regional and new sports such as dancing, chess, muay, vovinam and esport. The SEA Games is biggest sport festival held twice a year. The 31st tournament will be organised in Hà Nội and the surrounding provinces of Bắc Ninh, Quảng Ninh, Hải Dương, Hải Phòng, Vĩnh Phúc and Hòa … [Read more...] about Hanoi plans 40 sports for 31st SEA Games
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Hà Nội plans 40 sports for 31st SEA Games
The Vietnamese sport delegation at the opening ceremony of the 29th SEA Games in Malaysia in 2017. Việt Nam will host the 31st Games in 2021 and expects to organise 40 sports. — Photo 24h.com.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will have more sports than in the past, according to the Việt Nam Sports Administration. Speaking at a meeting in Ha Noi yesterday, the administration named 36 sports, saying a further four will be added in the coming months. They will be divided into three groups. One will be athletics and aquatics, another for gymnastics, rowing, football, shooting, weightlifting and martial arts and the third for 11 regional and new sports such as dancing, chess, muay, vovinam and esport. The SEA Games is biggest sport festival held twice a year. The 31st tournament will be organised in Hà Nội and the surrounding provinces of Bắc Ninh, Quảng Ninh, Hải Dương, … [Read more...] about Hà Nội plans 40 sports for 31st SEA Games
Hanoi to host 8th National Games in late November
Hanoi will host the 8th National Games with the opening ceremony to take place at My Dinh National Stadium on November 25. The upcoming 8th National Games in late November will feature prominent tennis players, including No. 1 star Ly Hoang Nam. (Photo: Vietnam Tennis Federation) Organised every four years since 1990, this year’s event will feature 36 sports, including athletics, swimming, gymnastics, rowing, canoeing, football, futsal, shooting, archery, weightlifting, judo, taekwondo, boxing, fencing, badminton, tennis, volleyball, handball, basketball, cycling, table tennis, golf, karate, wushu, pencak silat, chess, sepak takraw, billiards & snooker, dance sports, bodybuilding, muay, petanque, vovinam, traditional martial arts, shuttlecocks and diving. The nation’s largest sporting event gathers outstanding athletes from localities across the nation and those from the army and police forces. It aims to create a profound change in the public awareness on … [Read more...] about Hanoi to host 8th National Games in late November
Myanmar introduces vovinam in six national sport academies
Myanmar national vovinam referees (Photo: baovanhoa.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Myanmar has introduced the traditional Vietnamese martial art vovinam in the curricula of six national sport academies in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, Madalay, Mon, Rayah, Shon and Sagain. Myanmar’s sports ministry and the martial art federation have chosen to develop the sport in the long-term. Myanmar plans to host the Southeast Asian Vovinam Championship in July and vovinam will also be on the docket at the Southeast Asian Students Sports Festival in December in Nay Pyi Taw. On June 5, the Vietnam Vovinam Federation worked with Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports and Myanmar Martial Art Federation to hold a training programme for Myanmar’s vovinam referees. Vovinam is practised with and without weapons. It is based on a balance of hard and soft motions and actions. The martial art technique includes training of the body and mind and uses hand motions, elbows, kicks as well as escape and levering … [Read more...] about Myanmar introduces vovinam in six national sport academies
First Vietnamese martial art Grand Prix event in Algeria
The first Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art) Viet Vo Dao Grand Prix was held successfully in Algeria on May 4-5. Martial artists compete at the event - Photo: VNA The event was sponsored by the Vietnamese Embassy and Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Federation in Algeria. It attracted a large number of martial artists from Vovinam clubs in Algiers city and neighboring provinces. Thousands of spectators were present at the competition to cheer up the martial artists. Addressing the award ceremony at the end of the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Pham Quoc Tru encouraged martial artists to increase teaching and learning of this sport to spur the development of Vovinam Viet Vo Dao in Algeria as well as promote the relations between the two countries. Introduced to Algeria in the 1970s, Vovinam has become popular and is now being practised by over 20,000 people across the African country. Vovinam Viet Vo Dao was founded by Nguyen Loc (1912-1960) in 1936 but developed in 1938 with a … [Read more...] about First Vietnamese martial art Grand Prix event in Algeria