The event, held by the Vietnamese Cultural Centre in France and the France Vovinam – Việt Võ Đạo Federation, brought together 320 practitioners and 31 masters from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and many other European countries.
This year’s championship drew over 600 athletes from 26 countries and territories spanning four continents: Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. They fiercely contested 45 sets of medals across both performance and combat categories
Organised by the Senegal National Committee for Vovinam – Việt Võ Đạo under the authority of several governmental bodies, the tournament runs until May 4 and attracts Vovinam enthusiasts from around the globe.
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.
