HCM City are leading the competition at the ongoing National Vovinam
(Traditional Vietnamese martial arts) Championships in the central Thanh
Hoa Province.
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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Viet Nam took the lead in the first day of the third Southeast Asian
Vovinam Championships in Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar on Wednesday, winning
five golds, four silvers and one bronze medal.
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.
Vovinam would feature at the 27th Southeast Asian
Games to be held in Myanmar next year, general secretary of the World
Vovinam Federation Vo Danh Hai has announced.
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.
