The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games will have more sports than in the past, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration.
Speaking at a meeting in Hanoi on March 1, the administration named 36 sports, saying a further four will be added in the coming months.
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The Vietnamese sport delegation at the opening ceremony of the 29th SEA Games in Malaysia in 2017.
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They will be divided into three groups. One will be athletics and aquatics, another for gymnastics, rowing, football, shooting, weightlifting and martial arts and the third for 11 regional and new sports such as dancing, chess, muay, vovinam and esport.
The SEA Games is the biggest sports festival held twice a year. The 31st tournament will be organized in Hanoi and the surrounding provinces of Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Hai Phong, Vinh Phuc and Hoa Binh in 2021.
The 30th Games with a record of 56 sports will be in the Philippines later this year. Vietnam will be given the SEA Games federation flag at the closing ceremony.
Hanoi selected to host SEA Games 31
The Government has agreed with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST)’s proposal to organize the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games (Para Games 11) in Vietnam in 2021.
Kuala Lumpur 2017: A successful SEA Games for Vietnam
The 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games has wrapped up in perfect fashion for the Vietnam sporting delegation, with their athletes successfully reaching the target set before the day of departure. Notably, 90% of Vietnam’s 58 gold medals won in Kuala Lumpur were in Olympic events, which could be considered a great success for Vietnamese sport, as it is currently on a path to escape the “local pond” – SEA Games – and rise towards the Asian and Olympic levels.
SEA Games medallists honoured
Several provinces held ceremonies on August 31 to honour local athletes who made outstanding performance when competing at the recently-concluded 29th Southeast Asia (SEA) Games in Malaysia.
Source: VNA
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