As a group of martial art students are put through their paces in downtown Ho Chi Minh City, grandmaster Nguyen Van Chieu sits at the side of the room wearing a quiet look of contentment.

VietNamNet Bridge - Master Le Hai Binh, Vice General Secretary of the Vietnam Vovinam Federation, said Vietnam would ask for UNESCO’s recognition of Vovinam as an intangible cultural form. Asia is ...

The Vovinam tournament organizers have introduced 44 sets of medals into the competition as Vietnam hosts the 2023 World Vovinam Championships, scheduled to take place at the end of this November.

On a chilly January evening, a group of students stood in formation and practiced their routine in Master CamBinh Nguyen's backyard. She looked out from a gazebo surrounded by medals and trophies ...

After 1975, Vovinam was outlawed by the Communist government. All the students and the masters continued under the radar, underground, until December of 1978, when Vovinam was again legalized. Vovinam ...

The record-setting Cambodia Vovinam team are intensifying training, as they prepare for this year’s world championships in Vietnam. The 7th WVVF World Vovinam Championships will be held in Ho Chi Minh ...

According to Ngo Ba Huy, the vovinam team leader at the 31st SEA Games, the athletes are in good form and spirit, and eager to compete. “We always have to ensure the safety of the players so ...

This is vovinam, Vietnam’s acrobatic martial art with roots dating back to the country’s struggle for independence, and it is showing at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games for the first time since 2013.

The Cambodia Vovinam Federation, lauded their success at the 32nd SEA Games hosted by the Kingdom. In the four days of the Vovinam competition, Team Cambodia claimed an astonishing 27 medals, 10 of ...

VOVINAM champion Hergie Bacyadan has returned to boxing as one of the country’s top hopefuls to qualify for next year’s Paris Olympics. “She’s a secret weapon,” said Philippine Olympic ...