Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Nguyen Thanh Vinh (fourth from left) and representatives from Vietnamese traditional martial arts federations in Algeria (Photo: baoquocte.vn) Algiers (VNA) – Vietnamese traditionalmartial arts federations have made contributions to strengthening Vietnam –Algeria relations, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to the African countryNguyen Thanh Vinh.
Meeting with leaders of the Son Long Quyen Thuat federation and representativesof several Vietnamese traditional martial arts federations in the host nationon February 13, Ambassador Vinh said Vietnamese martial arts are greatly favouredby Algerian youths.
He said the embassy will continue its close coordination with and support forthe federations, and create favourable conditions for the organisation of thethird world championships of Vietnamese martial arts in Algeria in November.
President of the Son Long Quyen Thuat federation Ait Medjber Rabie highlightedthe federation’s activities as well as its preparations for the upcoming worldchampionships.
He took the occasion to thank the Vietnamese Embassy for providing conditionsfor Algerian martial artists to train in Vietnam as well as joining hands withfederations to develop Vietnamese martial arts in his country.
Meanwhile, representatives from other martial arts federations said they hadbeen impressed by the Vietnamese people and country during training trips tothe Southeast Asian country.
They said they had been studying Vietnamese culture and history through martialarts and Vietnamese language classes organised by the embassy for the pastyear.
Son Long Quyen Thuat, together with many other Vietnamese martial arts, wasintroduced in Algeria in 1973, and now there are around 15,000 people training atsome 200 clubs across the nation. Vovinam (Viet Vo Dao) is also a popular martialart among Algerians, and is followed by over 20,000 people across thecountry./.
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