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Athletes compete at World Vovinam Championship

The biggest Vietnamese martial art festival in history has kicked off in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the participation of 365 trainers and athletes from 24 countries and territories.
Athletes compete at World Vovinam Championship ảnh 1Tran Anh Tuan (left) is announced winner of the World Vovinam Championship's men's 54kg class. (Source: baothanhoa.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Thebiggest Vietnamese martial art festival in history has kicked offin Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the participation of 365 trainers and athletes from 24 countries and territories.

The sixth World Vovinam Championship isbeing held from December 16-22.

Athletes are competing for 44 sets ofmedals in both performance and combat events.

Vietnam won a gold by Tran Anh Tuan inthe men's 54kg category on December 18, his third world championship.

Organisers said despite being home to thesport, Vietnam will find it tough going to defend their top position becauseglobal athletes have made remarkable progress recently.

Algeria, France, Iran, Myanmar and the hostsare all threats this year.

Vovinam has been developed for 81 years andspread widely to the world with more than 2 million people practising in nearly60 countries.

Apart from regional, continental and worldchampionships, Vovinam has been part of the Asian Beach Games and AsianIndoor Games, among others./.
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