As a group of martial art students are put through their paces in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, grandmaster Nguyen Van Chieu sits at the side of the room wearing a quiet look of contentment. The ...

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The opening ceremony was held by Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, Department of Culture and Sports, and the Vovinam – Viet Vo Dao Federation on January 19. The event marked the ...

The 31st Southeast Asian Games is a historic milestone for vovinam (Vietnamese traditional martial arts) to assert itself, and further show its strength as it is held on home soil. After nine years of ...

Cambodian vovinam world champion Pov Sokha is wary of the threat posed by hosts Vietnam at the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) next month. “As you know, vovinam originated from Vietnam. They ...

The Vovinam tournament organizers have introduced 44 sets of medals into the competition as Vietnam hosts the 2023 World Vovinam Championships, scheduled to take place at the end of this November. The ...

A delegation of 28 vovinam practitioners have been sent to Ho Chi Minh City for a eight-week training course ahead of participation at the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar in December. The course, held ...