Va-va-vovinam: Vietnam's martial art flies on SEA Games return

In this file photo taken on May 20, 2022, Laos' team competes in the men's multiple weapon practice category of the vovinam event during the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Hanoi. Vovinam, Vietnam's acrobatic martial art whose roots date back to the country's struggle for independence, is showing at the SEA Games for the first time since 2013. - AFP

HANOI, May 21, 2022 (AFP): Faced with a machete, the fighter leaps and locks his legs around the other man's neck, bringing him crashing down to a cacophony of cheers.

This is vovinam, Vietnam's acrobatic martial art with roots dating back to the country's struggle for independence, and it is showing at the SEA Games for the first time since 2013.