Filming starts on Vietnam’s martial art Vovinam promo video

Written on 28 April 2015.

A video clip intended to promote Vovinam, Vietnam’s traditional martial art, to the world had its first scenes shot in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday.

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Martial art Vovinam to be featured in Hollywood film

Written on 24 April 2015.

Vietnamese martial art Vovinam will be featured in an action film to be shot by this year-end under the cooperation of a Cambodian royal official and a Hollywood film director and actor.

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Vietnam’s martial art Vovinam to be featured in Hollywood film

Written on 22 April 2015.

Vietnamese martial art Vovinam will be featured in an action film to be shot by this year-end under the cooperation of a Cambodian royal official and a Hollywood film director and actor.

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Paragliders to fly from Son Tra Peninsula

Written on 20 April 2015.

Paragliders to fly from Son Tra Peninsula

Pilots from clubs across the country will compete in a paragliding race on Son Tra Peninsula this week as part of the city’s

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Algeria sets sights on second place at Vovinam contest

Written on 18 March 2015.

Algeria’s Vovinam (a world-famous Vietnamese martial art) competitors confidently announced their goal of finishing second at the fourth World Vovinam Championship 2015.

Master Djouadi Mohammad, President of the Algerian Vovinam Federation, said that Algeria would send a b team of 35 martial artists to the tournament and hoped to surpass their 17 medals at the last championship in Paris, France.

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Mixed martial arts need to be modified for Vietnam penetration

Written on 11 March 2015.

In the Vietnamese spirit, it is unacceptable to allow a fighter to seek a win by continuing to punch the body of his rival lying unconsciously in the ring, which is typical of mixed martial arts matches.

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Vietnam to compete in six events at world martial arts competition

Written on 03 March 2015.

(CPV) - Vietnamese Taekwondo martial artists will compete in six events at the World Martial Arts Council Games 2015, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 12th-22nd.

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Vietnamese martial arts featured at international festival

Written on 06 January 2015.

As many as 16 Vietnamese delegations of martial arts will take part in the 2015 World Martial Arts Festival, scheduled for April 19-25 in Ho Chi Minh City, to present traditional

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Nguyen Van Chieu: Vietnam's martial arts missionary

Written on 26 November 2014.

(CNN) -- 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.

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Vietnamese culture appraised at ASEAN Bazaar 2014 in Mexico

Written on 23 November 2014.

Vovinam performed by six martial arts instructors from the Mexican Vovinam Federation attracted a large audience at the ASEAN Bazaar 2014, on Novbber 24th in Mexico city.

Five ASEAN countries including Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand attended the event.

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Vietnam martial arts captivates Mexican fairgoers

Written on 23 November 2014.

(VOV) – Vietnamese martial arts performances by mbbers of the Mexico Vovinam Federation and ASEAN mbber states on Novbber 22 took centre stage at a bazaar and art fair held in Mexico City.

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Vietnam’s martial arts master to be featured on CNN next week

Written on 18 November 2014.

Nguyen Van Chieu, the master of Vietnam’s martial arts discipline Vovinam, will be featured on the ‘Human to Hero’ program of the U.S.-based international TV channel CNN on Novbber 26 and 27.

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CNN TV crew to highlight martial art Vovinam

Written on 17 November 2014.

A television crew from the Cable News Network visited Ho Chi Minh City this month to interview Vietnamese martial artists for the show Human to Hero.

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French friendship association introduces Vietnamese culture

Written on 16 November 2014.

The Vietnamese culture was the highlight of a gala dinner held by the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (Le Liseron) in Carrieres Sous-Poissy city on Novbber 15^th on the occasion of the association’s 15th founding anniversary.

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French friendship association celebrates Vietnamese culture

Written on 16 November 2014.

The Vietnamese culture was the highlight of a gala dinner held by the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (Le Liseron) in Carrieres Sous-Poissy city on Novbber 15 on the occasion of the association’s 15 th founding anniversary.

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Vovinam to be introduced on CNN

Written on 13 November 2014.

(VOV) -The US news cable CNN has arrived in Vietnam to produce a reportage on traditional Vietnamese martial art (Vovinam).

The CNN crew interviewed Vice President of World Vovinam Federation (WVVF) and International Technical Director for the WVVF, Master Nguyen Van Chieu who travelled to 20 countries across the world to teach and popularise the Vietnamese martial art.

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Vovinam tournament brings closer Vietnam-Algeria ties

Written on 07 November 2014.

(VOV) -More than 500 athletes gathered on Novbber 7 in the capital city of Alger for the second edition of the Ambassador’s Cup, a traditional Vietnamese martial art (Vovinam) tournament to celebrate the establishment of diplomatic ties.

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Vietnam wins 2014 regional Vovinam competition

Written on 24 October 2014.

Thirty martial artists represented Vietnam to compete in 24 disciplines.

NDO – Vietnamese martial artists were successful in defending their title at the 2014 Southeast Asian Vovinam Championships in Myanmar, winning a total of nine gold, 13 silver and two bronze medals.

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Vietnam top Southeast Asian Vovinam Championships

Written on 23 October 2014.

Vietnam took the lead in the first day of the third Southeast Asian Vovinam Championships in Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar on October 23, winning five gold, four silver and one bronze medals.

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VN top SE Asian vovinam champs

Written on 23 October 2014.

HA NOI (VNS) – Viet Nam took the lead in the first day of the third Southeast Asian Vovinam Championships in Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar on Wednesday, winning five golds, four silvers and one bronze medal.

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The 3rd EVVF European Vovinam Championship, Poland 2014

Written on 19 March 2014.

The weekend of 29 & 30 of November 2014 will be held the 3rd European Vovinam Championship in Warsaw, Poland.

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Pioneering Vovinam in Brooklyn, New York

Written on 12 March 2014.

Professor Jean-Claude Akpo has 28 years of martial arts experience. He is a former meteorologist from Ivory Coast (Africa). He first trained in Judo and Taekwondo with two uncles, both black belts in the arts. In 1973, he studied Shotokan and Shito-ryu with the first student of Grand Master Yoshinao Nanbu (10th dan). From 1974 to 1992, Professor Akpo was trained under Master Nguyen Ngoc My, a 7th Dang expert in Viet Vo Dao. Master My was also an expert and an authority in Nippon, Korean, Chinese and Vietnamese schools.

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Five countries support Vietnam's martial art Vovinam at next SEA Games

Written on 20 February 2014.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vovinam – the martial art created by Vietnam - wins the strong support of five countries for a chance to appear in the 28th Southeast Asia Games, said Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Olympic Committee – Mr. Hoang Vinh Giang.

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Vovinam martial arts tournament held in Algeria

Written on 09 February 2014.

A Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) yellow belt tournament was held on February 8 in the Algerian capital Algiers.

The tournament, organised by the Algiers provincial Vovinam Federation with

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Vietnam rakes in 73 gold medals at 27th SEA Games

Written on 22 December 2013.

Kempo, Vovinam, Taekwondo and Muay teams helped Vietnam surpass the gold medal target at the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar.

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Vietnam exceeds SEA Games 27 target

Written on 20 December 2013.

(VOV) – As the 27^th SEA Games in Myanmar has one day to go, Vietnamese athletes have surpassed their 70-gold medal target, bagging a total of 72 golds as of

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The Standing Board of the Vietnam Traditional Material Arts Federation in term IV established

Written on 25 November 2013.

Since establishing the traditional material arts on August, 1991 up to now, the Federation has developed in 35 nations in the world. Vietnamese traditional martial arts have been practised in 100

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National Vovinam Championships kick off

Written on 18 September 2013.

Nhan Dan Online – The 22th National Traditional Martial Arts (Vovinam) Championships opened in Da Nang city on September 18.

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Vovinam martial art federation established in Algeria

Written on 04 August 2013.

The Algeria Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Federation (FAVV) was founded on August 3 in the Algerian capital of Alger.

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Vovinam Việt Võ Đạo arrived in Japan

Written on 26 June 2013.

In recent decades the people of Japan have made series of great impressions upon the world in different areas including culture, arts, technology, and martial arts. As for martial arts alone, the renowned budos such as Karate, Aikido, Judo, Jujitsu... are all from Japan.

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