Acrobatic: Vovinam martial arts seen in a performance event. Vovinam has spread across the world in recent years. — Photo bongda.com.vnFirst
introduced in 2001 in Africa, vovinam, a world-famous Vietnamese
martial arts, has quickly become popular and is now being practiced by
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Ho Minh Tam (left) takes the gold medal at the World Vovinam
Championships which closed in France on Sunday. Viet Nam defended their
top position at the event with 18 gold medals in both performance and
combat events.
Vietnamese martial arts master Nguyen Chanh Tu will
once again instruct Algerian martial artists as they prepare for the
third World Vovinam Championship in France in 2013.
The organising board of the 27th Southeast Asian
(SEA) Games has approved the inclusion of Viet Nam''s traditional style
of martial arts, Vovinam, on the sports list. The games will be held in
Myanmar next year.
