At the Quang Ngai Provincial General Gymnasium (facility 2), Kon Tum ward, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ngai province is coordinating with the Vietnam Department of Physical Education and Sports (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), Vietnam Vovinam Federation to organize the opening ceremony of the 17th National Strong Vovinam Teams Championship - 2026.
This year's tournament gathers more than 340 outstanding athletes from 23 provinces, cities and sectors nationwide. The martial artists will compete together in 48 sets of medals, including 26 sparring events and 22 Vovinam boxing performance techniques.
In the boxing performance content, the martial artists will compete in a variety of technical exercises including: Women's singles practice, men's singles practice, women's doubles practice, men's doubles practice, men's multi-training and women's multi-training.
In addition, there are also men's team, women's team, men's leg attack, women's self-defense, men's basic technical team, women's basic technical team events.
In the sparring event, 12 women's and 14 men's weight classes are also included in the competition, promising to bring many quality and attractive competitions.
According to Mr. Nguyen Lien Phuong - Deputy Director of Quang Ngai Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the tournament, the National Vovinam Strong Teams Championship is one of the important professional tests aimed at the X National Sports Games - 2026.
This is also an opportunity to assess the quality of training and development of the Vovinam movement in localities in the past time; creating opportunities for athletes to compete, affirm their professional qualifications and exchange, learn, and strengthen solidarity between localities and units.
At the same time, promoting the image of the homeland, along with the hospitality and friendliness of Quang Ngai people to domestic friends. Contributing to promoting the sports movement in general and Vovinam in particular to develop more and more.
The 2026 National Strong Teams Vovinam Championship is expected to close on April 24.
