2025 National Youth Muay Thai Championship Officially Kicks Off

On the evening of July 7, at the Hanoi Athletics Palace, the Vietnam Sports Administration (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) coordinated with the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports to organize the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 National Youth Muay Championship. This is a tournament within the annual national high-performance sports competition system.

Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports Pham Xuan Tai delivered the opening speech. Photo: Ngan Ha

According to the Organizing Committee, this year's Tournament attracted the participation of 21 units with more than 300 athletes who are young boxers with good achievements in provincial, city and industry units with strong traditions in Muay such as: Hanoi , Ho Chi Minh City, Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, ...

Athletes will compete in a knockout format for both men and women, competing for 55 sets of medals. The tournament will create good conditions for Muay athletes national to have the opportunity to compete, exchange experiences, learn and improve their professional skills, thereby further promoting the Muay training movement.

Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports Pham Xuan Tai presented souvenir flags to the units. Photo: Ngan Ha

Opening the tournament, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports Pham Xuan Tai said: The tournament is a sports activity to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the successful August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2).

Panorama of the opening ceremony. Photo: Ngan Ha

In Vietnam, Muay was introduced around 1950 and officially put into competition in 2009. Up to now, Muay continues to develop strongly, becoming a popular sport that many people study, especially at international tournaments, the Vietnamese Muay team has achieved many outstanding achievements, specifically athletes Bui Yen Ly and Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat have won the world championship many times and the SEA Games gold medal. In particular, in 2025, two young athletes Hoang Khanh Mai (Hanoi) and Huynh Ha Huu Hieu (Ho Chi Minh City) contributed 2 gold medals at the World Championship, Asian Championship...

The organizers presented souvenir flags to the participating units. Photo: Ngan Ha

"The National Youth Muay Championship is a useful professional playground, creating conditions for Muay athletes nationally to exchange, learn, share training experiences and improve their competition level. This is also an opportunity for the Muay department to select young athletes with the ability to be promoted to the national team, trained to prepare for national and international competitions. Through this tournament, experts will evaluate and select excellent athletes to call up and train the national Muay team to prepare for the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in 2025 in Thailand," Mr. Pham Xuan Tai affirmed.

The 2025 National Youth Muay Championship will take place from July 7 to July 15, 2025 at the Hanoi Athletics Palace.

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