Vovinam was born in Vietnam in 1938 in the hope of creating a method of exercise suitable with man's physical strength. Vovinam is the combination of Vietnamese traditional martial arts and wrestling and the characteristics of many international martial arts. Vovinam has two categories of competition: combat and technique combination. The athlete wears a martial artist uniform and uses weapons as regulated by the rules of Vovinam.

List of events

• men

  1. 55KG FIGHTING

  2. 60KG FIGHTING

  3. 65KG FIGHTING

  4. 70KG FIGHTING

  5. SINGLE PERFORMANCE: NGU MON QUYEN COMBINATION

  6. DOUBLE PERFORMANCE: SONG LUYEN MA TAU COMBINATION

  7. ATTACKING PERFORMANCE BY LEG

  8. MULTI-WEPON PERFORMANCE (1 MALE AGAINST 3 MALES)

  9. MEN’S LEG ATTACK TECHNIQUES

  10. MEN’S FIVE GATE FORM

  11. MEN’S DUAL FORM NUMBER 3

  12. MEN’S DUAL MACHETE FORM

  13. MEN’S WEAPON SELF-DEFENSE

• women

  1. 50KG FIGHTING

  2. 55KG FIGHTING

  3. SINGLE PERFORMANCE: LONG-HO QUYEN COMBINATION

  4. DOUBLE PERFORMANCE: SONG LUYEN KIEM COMBINATION

  5. FEMALE SELF-DEFENCE (1 FEMALE AGAINST 1 MALE)

  6. MULTI-WEPON PERFORMANCE (1 FEMALE AGAINST 3 MALES)

  7. WOMEN’S DUAL SWORD FORM

  8. WOMEN’S DRAGON TIGER FORM

• mixed

  1. MIXED EVENTS WEAPON SELF-DEFENSE

  2. MIXED EVENTS SELF-DEFENSE FOR WOMAN