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  2. Sport in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Football is the most popular sport in Vietnam. Its annual V-League competition has taken place since 1980 (except in 1988 and 1999). When Vietnam was split into North Vietnam and South Vietnam, two national teams existed. The North Vietnamese national team was not very active, playing almost exclusively against other Communist countries between ...

  3. Vietnamese martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Vovinam – Founded by Nguyễn Lộc. Also called Vovinam Việt Võ Đạo (Việt = Vietnamese, Võ = martial, Đạo = way) Võ Việt Nam (Cuton) or Võ Đạo of Phạm Văn Tan. [2] Vietnamese Wing Chun - a style of Wing Chun founded by Yuen Chai-wan. [3] Overseas. Cuong Nhu of Ngô Đồng (d. Florida 2000), known also by the Japanese ...

  4. Vovinam - Wikipedia

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    Vovinam (short for Võ Việt Nam, meaning "Vietnamese Martial Arts"), officially known as Việt Võ Đạo (越武道, meaning "Vietnamese Way of Martial Arts") is a Vietnamese martial art [1] founded in 1938 by Nguyễn Lộc. It is based on traditional Vietnamese eclectic sources. Vovinam, based on the principle of "hard and soft", involves ...

  5. Mainland Southeast Asia martial arts - Wikipedia

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    The martial art was turned into a sport when French colonists arrived and added components of Western boxing such as a boxing ring, boxing gloves, weight classes and timed rounds. 800 year old Cambodian stone carving of thrust kick. The thrust kick is a staple of modern pradal serey. Khmer traditional wrestling is a folk wrestling style from ...

  6. Culture of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Vietnam ( Vietnamese: Văn hoá Việt Nam, chữ Hán: 文化越南) are the customs and traditions of the Kinh people and the other ethnic groups of Vietnam. Vietnam is part of Southeast Asia and the Sinosphere due to the influence of Chinese culture on Vietnamese culture. [1]

  7. Football in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Association football ( Vietnamese: Bóng đá) is the most popular sport in Vietnam. [1] Its V-League competition has taken place annually since 1980 (except in 1988 and 1999). When Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam (between 1954 and 1976), two national teams existed.

  8. Vietnam at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    2016. 2020. 2024. Vietnam first competed in the Olympic Games in 1952 as the State of Vietnam. After the Partition of Vietnam in 1954, only the Republic of Vietnam competed in the Games, sending athletes to every Summer Olympics between 1956 and 1972 . Since the reunification of Vietnam in 1976, they have competed as the Socialist Republic of ...

  9. Category:Sport in Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    S. Vietnam at the 2003 SEA Games. Vietnam at the 2005 SEA Games. Vietnam at the 2007 SEA Games. Vietnam at the 2009 SEA Games. Vietnam at the 2011 SEA Games. Vietnam at the 2013 SEA Games. Vietnam at the 2015 SEA Games.