Tag Archives: SEA Games

  Karate will kick off on May 18 in Ninh Bình Province, with all participating teams expecting high results. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh Thanh Hà The karate teams are ready to participate in 15 events of the SEA Games 31 competition days, which will be held from May 18-20 in the Ninh Bình Province’s …

  Vietnamese martial artists compete in a recent national vovinam championship. Vovinam is played in the SEA Games 31. — VNS Photo Giang Lê Thanh Nga The 31st SEA Games is a historic milestone for vovinam (Vietnamese traditional martial arts) to assert itself, and further show its strength as it …

By Lê Hương Hà Nội-based travel company Asia Exotica has just launched a new service offering tourists a chance to experience Hanoians’ long history of floral tradition. Guests will learn about the art of flower arrangement as offerings used in Buddhism, ancestor veneration and lunar festivities, which has been practised for hundreds of …

  Wrestler Hà Văn Hiếu of Việt Nam celebrate his 52-second win in the men’s 130kg Greco-Roman on May 17. VNS Photo Quý Lượng Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese wrestlers won all six titles available on the first day of the SEA Games 31 Greco-Roman wrestling on May 17 in …

Lê Hương Around 4,000 gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the best athletes at the upcoming SEA Games, though people know that the medal set has been cast from a metal mixture of copper and zinc, 85 per cent of which is red copper. Design for SEA Games 31 medal …

  Vietnamese team celebrated their men’s 4×200m freestyle relay victory and record on May 17. VNA/VNS Photo  Phạm Kiên Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Two new records were set on May 17 at the ongoing Games swimming event at the Hà Nội’s Mỹ Đình Water Sports Palace. Maximillian Ang Wei of Singapore won the men’s …

  Foreign visitors admire photos about Vietnamese female athletes being displayed at the “Aspiration to Shine” exhibition. VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Women’s Museum is opening a photo exhibition themed “Aspiration to Shine” to promote and encourage Việt Nam’s female athletes to bring new triumphs to Vietnamese sports at the …

SEA Games Marksman Trần Quốc Cường wins in the men’s 50m pistol event. VNA/VNS Photo  HÀ NỘI  — Athletes in shooting, canoeing and chess were winners at the 31st SEA Games on May 17 morning in Hà Nội. Marksman Trần Quốc Cường won gold in the men’s 50m pistol event. After six …

  Swimming star Nguyễn Huy Hoàng wins and sets a Games record in the men’s 400m freestyle on May 16. VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên Thanh Hà Swimming star Nguyễn Huy Hoàng set a new record in the SEA Games 31 men’s 400m freestyle on May 16 at the Mỹ Đình Water …

  Joshua Atkinson won his third title at the SEA Games 31. VNA/VNS Photo Quang Hà Thanh Hà Thailand’s Joshua Atkinson completed a SEA Games hattrick of titles, while Vietnamese athletes succeeded in four events on May 16 in Hà Nội. The Thai runner finished the 800m race with a time of 1min 55.750sec, …