Login Register

Logo of Phnom Penh Post newspaper Phnom Penh Post - Vietnam offers training to Cambodia’s vovinam players

Vietnam offers training to Cambodia’s vovinam players

| Publication date 11 October 2013 | 08:56 ICT

Vietnam offers training to Cambodia’s vovinam players

A delegation of 28 vovinam practitioners have been sent to Ho Chi Minh City for a eight-week training course ahead of participation at the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar in December.

The course, held thanks to cooperation between the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia and Vietnam, will see each athlete offered free accommodation, food and training from the Vietnamese authorities as well as 800,000 riel (US$197) from Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport.

MOST VIEWED

  • Government hits back at threats to pull EBA, suspend UN seat

    The spokesman for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has said the government is in no way concerned after the European Parliament gave it three months to reverse what it called the “systematic repression of the political opposition”. Ignoring the ultimatum could mean facing

  • Chinese influx pushing locals, Westerners out of Preah Sihanouk

    Some within the Kingdom’s tourism industry have speculated that the recent influx of Chinese visitors may hinder domestic tourism as the price of accommodations in the coastal city of Sihanoukville continues to rise. Preah Sihanouk province, which has become a hotbed for Chinese investment

  • Sar Kheng: Sokha requested security

    Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Sunday revealed the story behind the transfer of former opposition party leader Kem Sokha from Trapaing Phlong prison in Tbong Khmum province to his house in the capital. Speaking at the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) headquarters in Prey

  • Chinese living in Kingdom more than doubles since ’17

    The number of Chinese nationals living in Cambodia this year has increased to more than 210,000. The figure rose from last year’s 100,000, the newly appointed Secretary of State Sok Phal confirmed yesterday. He said: “Of the 210,000, more than 78,000 are living in Preah Sihanouk [province], but

Related articles