The Vietnamese sporting delegation on 26 November left Ha Noi for the 30^th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines on a charter flight of the national flag carrier Viet Nam Airlines.

Viet Nam’s sporting delegation leave for SEA Games 30 (Source: VNA)

As scheduled, all members of the delegation will join a number of important activities of the event, including the flag-raising ceremony on 29 November in Clark city, and the opening ceremony in Manila on 30 November.

On 25 November afternoon, the men’s football team of Vietnam secured a perfect start at SEA Games 30 with an emphatic 6 – 0 victory against Brunei at Binan stadium.

Meanwhile, the Vietnamese women's team kicked off their Southeast Asian Games title defence with a 1-1 draw with rivals Thailand on 26 November afternoon.

Apart from football, Vietnamese athletes will begin to compete in other sports from 1 December.

Viet Nam’s SEA Games delegation comprises 856 members, including 568 athletes competing in 40 sports.

Viet Nam set the goal to bring home at least 65 gold medals, with an emphasis on Olympic sports such as track and field, swimming, artistic gymnastics, fencing and wrestling.

SEA Games 30 will officially kick off on 30 November and wrap up on 12 December, with the participation of athletes from 11 Southeast Asian nations. About 8,750 athletes will compete in 56 sports.

(Source: VNA)