Traditional Vietnamese martial arts attract foreign learners

Traditional Vietnamese martial arts have a variety of schools. Nowadays, they are becoming more and more popular to foreign learners.

There is a long history of martial arts in Vietnam. Some are adaptations of similar styles from the region, while others are homegrown, developed by Vietnamese masters through years of study (Photo: VNA)

Traditional Vietnamese martial arts feature more than 100 schools (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese martial arts can be classified into four major groups: Bac Ha (north), Binh Dinh (central), and Nam Bo (south) (Photo: VNA)

Nowadays, more and more people in other countries practice Vietnamese martial arts (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese martial arts are developing in 68 nations and territories over the world, according to President of the Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Federation Hoang Vinh Giang (Photo: VNA)

Traditional Vietnamese martial arts attract many foreign learners (Photo: VNA)

Russian learners practice Nhat Nam, a school of traditional Vietnamese martial arts (Photo: VNA)

Vovinam, the most widely studied and practiced martial art in the country (Photo; VNA)

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