The My Dinh National Stadium, the venue of the opening ceremony. (Photo: VNA) Taking place at the My Dinh National Stadium, it willfeature a three-chapter art programme that showcases a friendly Vietnam, astrong Southeast Asia, and the solidarity and friendship of the ASEAN member statestoward the building of the ASEAN Community.
At the 2-hour event, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh will declare the official opening of the SEA Games 31 after a parade ofthe 11 delegations.
According to Tran Ly Ly, Acting Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports,and Tourism’s department of performing arts and the director of the openingceremony, the programme will be held at a 7,000m² stage, with the ceremony andfestival parts interweaven. It draws the participation of thousands ofartists, actors, and students.
Five grand scenes are set to be performed, reflectingbold Vietnamese and Southeast Asian culture. A highlight of the event will bethe feature of advanced technologies, including mapping, augmented reality - AR,and extended reality – EX, among others.
Notably, the display of symbols of 40 sports will be in theform of Dong Ho folk paintings, a traditional craft of Vietnam, through graphicimages.
The impressive event is expected to be rounded off with an enticingensemble performance of the Games’ official song “Let’s shine”, which will gatherpopular Vietnamese musical artists, the saola mascot, 110 dancers, and 250 athletes.The song by composer Huy Tuan is about the people born with a mission to strivefor new summits and leave behind difficulties on their journeys by passion andextraordinary efforts, and with support from friends. They together shine inthe welcoming and hospitable atmosphere of host Vietnam.
Since the official song was launched, its audio record, sungin Vietnamese and English by well-known artists like Tung Duong, Van Mai Huong,Ho Ngoc Ha, Isaac, and Den Vau, has attracted a large number of listeners ondigital platforms, the SEA Games 31 organising committee said.
The 20,000 tickets available for the ceremony will bedistributed free of charge as invitation cards rather than sold as tickets. Theorganising committee said the tickets will be allocated to Government andinternational officials, foreign embassies in Vietnam, as well as fans. Theyhave been reserved for seats in Stand A because Stand B will host performancesduring the ceremony.
SEA Games 31 is scheduled to officially take place from May12 to 23 in Hanoi and 11 nearby locallities, featuring 40 sports.
The sport event has been postponed due to complicateddevelopments of the COVID-19 pandemic. SEA Games 31 and ASEAN Para Games 11were originally scheduled to take place from November 21 to December 2 lastyear./.
VNA
