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Official logo, mascot of 31st SEA Games, 11th Para Games launched

The logo and mascot for the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games were officially launched during a ceremony in Hanoi on November 19.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The logo and mascot for the31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games wereofficially launched during a ceremony in Hanoi on November 19.

More than 1,460 entries were sent to a contest on designingthe events’ logo and mascot, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam SportAdministration Le Thi Hoang Yen said during the contest’s awards ceremony heldon the occasion.

A logo symbolising a flying bird and a V-shaped handby Hoang Xuan Hieu in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue won first prize.

The brainchild of Ngo Xuan Khoi from Hanoi triumphedin the mascot category, based on the saola, a rare animal listed in Vietnam’sRed Book of Endangered Species.

The contest was launched in August last year.

The two regional sporting events will be hosted byVietnam in late 2021./.

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