3 Capitals and Provinces Won Most Gold Medals in the 2025 National Secondary School Vovinam

The 2025 National Secondary School Vovinam Competition concluded successfully after two days of competition on June 13-14 at the Building of Union of Cambodian Youth Federation (UYFC) in Phnom Penh, with athletes from 3 capitals and provinces won the most gold medals, including Phnom Penh, Svay Rieng Province, and Tbong Khmum Province.

H.E. Ly Chansopheakdey, Deputy Secretary-General of the Cambodia Vovinam Federation, said that this competition has a total of 72 delegates, coaches, and athletes from 8 capitals and provinces participated. As a result, Phnom Penh won the most medals with a total of 5 medals (2 gold and 3 silver), while Svay Rieng Province came in second with a total of 5 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze), and Tbong Khmum Province came in third with a total of 3 medals (2 gold and 1 bronze).

Stated at the closing ceremony of the competition, H.E. Ou Ratana, President of the Cambodia Vovinam Federation, highly appreciated the participation of sports delegates from all capitals and provinces and the good preparation efforts of the commission as well as the decisions of the referees and judges, which provided transparency and fairness to the athletes. This is a great result, while the federation has seen some young athletes who are capable of reaching the international competition level.

His Excellency continued that, “After this competition, we will urge all coaches to focus on developing more potential athletes, as we have seen about 4-5 athletes who can compete with the seniors in the combined or individual disciplines. For example, in the under 55 kg weight category, a male player Vireak Bot is good. We see that he can participate in the international competitions for the fighting discipline. As for the performance discipline, there are some other athletes and 2-3 other athletes with good potential.”

In addition, His Excellency has also thanked the Ministry of Education for including Vovinam in the secondary school sports competition and hoped that in the following years, the Ministry would include this potential sport in more Primary School Games or University Games to provide opportunities for male and female athletes in clubs and capitals and provinces who are training under the careful efforts of the Federation to show their abilities and talents, as well as to encourage them to train harder after their studies and to avoid committing other shameful acts.

As for the results of the competition, out of the three capitals and provinces that won the most gold medals, athletes from five other provinces also won medals, such as Preah Sihanouk Province ranked 4th, won a total of 4 medals (1 gold and 3 silver), Kandal Province ranked 5th, won a total of 4 medals (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze), Pailin Province ranked 6th, won a total of 2 medals (1 gold and 1 bronze), Stung Treng Province won a total of 4 medals (1 silver and 3 bronze), and Kampong Speu Province won 2 bronze medals.