President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will announce the opening of the 31st SEA Games

Previously, as planned, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh would represent the Organizing Committee of the host country Vietnam to announce the opening of the 31st SEA Games. This is an extremely important ceremony in the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA Games. out at 8pm on 12/5. However, the plan was changed at the last minute.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will represent the Organizing Committee of the host country Vietnam to announce the opening of the 31st SEA Games.

General Director Tran Ly Ly revealed to Vietnamese people that, according to the scenario, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Head of the Organizing Committee of the 31st SEA Games, the President of the Southeast Asian Sports Federation, the President of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Nguyen Van Hung will preside over the ceremony and give a speech. Next, Chairman of Hanoi City Chu Ngoc Anh will read the welcome message. And the most important part is that President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will stand on the spot to announce the opening of the 31st SEA Games.

Before that, the athlete selected to represent the Vietnamese sports delegation was sworn in as Nguyen Huy Hoang. However, the Organizing Committee has made an adjustment and the person who will represent all athletes participating in the 31st SEA Games will read the oath as Vu Thanh An, while Nguyen Huy Hoang will hold the flag for the Vietnamese sports delegation. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Nguyen Huy Hoang and Quach Thi Lan were also assigned this important task.

After Vu Thanh An’s oath, referee Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa will speak on behalf of officials and referees. This part is made extremely short and vivid.

According to the source Vietnamese people Yes, in the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA Games tonight, after the ceremony of procession of the Vietnamese national flag, the flag raising ceremony and the flag salute is the “Countdown” part of SEA Games 31. The content of this section has a historical significance of the periods. The SEA Games follow the counter-clockwise order of bronze drums to converge on the 31st Southeast Asian Games with a Countdown art performance.

Next is the performances “Hello Vietnam”, “Vietnamese lotus soul”, “Convergence to shine”, “Road to Vietnam”… The parade of 11 countries participating in SEA Games 31 will open with a delegation. Brunei Darusalam sports, followed by Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and finally Vietnam sports delegation.

The procession and raising of the flag of the Southeast Asian Sports Federation and the SEA Games flag featured 6 typical athletes of Vietnamese sports, including: The Golden Girl of the Vietnamese long jump village, Bui Thi Thu Thao; Pencak Silat boxer Tran Dinh Nam; President Hoang Thi Duyen; Taekwondo fighter Truong Thi Kim Tuyen; Swimming prodigy Tran Hung Nguyen; Talented Karate – Hoang Thi My Tam.

The flag procession team at the opening ceremony of the 31st SEA Games includes Miss Wushu Vietnam Duong Thuy Vi; Pencak Silat boxer Nguyen Van Tri; Female wrestler Nguyen Thi My Hanh; Badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh; Young talent Tran Nhat Hoang; Beautiful bow Do Thi Anh Nguyet.

The torch relay and fire-lighting part of SEA Games 31 includes: Former athlete Nguyen Thi Tinh; Former weightlifter Tran Le Quoc Toan; Vietnam Wushu Monument Nguyen Thuy Hien; Former weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan; Former athlete Tran Hieu Ngan; Former Karate athlete Le Bich Phuong; Gunner Hoang Xuan Vinh.

Some pictures of performances performed at the rehearsal on May 10 at My Dinh Stadium. Photo: Nguyen Quang Vinh.

The person who will light the torch is track and field athlete Quach Thi Lan – a famous sprinter and hurdler in Vietnam and in the region. She won gold in the women’s 400m hurdles at ASIAD 2018. Before that, she won gold at SEA Games 2015, 2017 and many other international championships. Currently, she is also the golden hope of Vietnamese athletics at this year’s SEA Games.