Rugby lands in Vietnam
Rugby has come to Hanoi with the establishment of the Hanoi Rugby School.
Rugby is very popular in the world and is one of 43 sports events at the upcoming 24th SEA Games. However, it is still very new and strange in Vietnam. This gap is expected to be narrowed in the near future.
The Vietnam Sports Promotion Company has cooperated with some agencies to open the first Rugby School in Hanoi and Vietnam and will open another in the Ciputra new residential area in early 2007.
The first trainees of this school are students at the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School, the French School in Hanoi, the Hanoi International School and the United Nations High School. They are trained free of charge.
At a press conference held at the French Embassy on May 12, the representative of the Vietnam Sports Promotion Company expressed his hope that Vietnam could take part in the qualifier round of the World Cup for rugby in the next four years. The establishment of the Vietnam Rugby Federation is underway.
On the occasion of the World Cup Rugby 2007, two students in Vietnam, one from the Hanoi-Amsterdam school and one from the French School in Hanoi will participate in the “Young Rugby World” programme. The two students will travel to France to watch the World Cup Rugby and take part in friendly matches with international youth.
By Duc Viet - VietnamNet Bridge - May 14, 2007.
French sport experts tackle rugby development in Vietnam
France - a country of top rugby players, is to send a delegation of French sportsmen to undertake a fact-finding tour to Vietnam on May 12-13 to help the Vietnamese develop the sport, according to the French Embassy in Hanoi.
The Vietnam News Agency reported that during the visit, Pierre Villepreux, special counsellor from the International Rugby Board, Gilles Chapelle, Vice President of the French Sports Association, and Jean-Pierre Karaquilloan, an expert in sport law and economic, will conduct a survey and evaluate the possibility of rugby development in Vietnam.
They will also work with the Vietnam Committee for Physical Education and Sports to establish a national rugby federation.
Guests will also hold discussion with leaders of the Hanoi Vovinam Federation a plan to set up a Vietnam Vovinam Federation, giving a kick start to the development of the Vietnamese marital art.
Nhan Dan - May 14, 2007.
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