VOV.VN - Le Loi Street in Ho Chi Minh City will become a “martial arts boulevard” for three days, with thousands of masters, coaches and practitioners from more than 20 domestic and international delegations gathering to take part in the Ho Chi Minh City International Martial Arts Festival, to be held from November 21 to 23.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam People’s Public Security Sports team clinched one gold and one bronze medal at the 22nd International Mixed Martial Arts Tournament held in Russia from October 12 to 16.

LION Championship 25 will take place at Cam Ranh Square in south-central Khanh Hoa province, at 20:00 on August 16, featuring two of the most anticipated title fights of the 2025 season, the Vietnam Mixed Martial Arts Federation (VMMAF) has announced.

The curtain fell on the 9th Asian Pencak Silat Championship on July 30 in the central province of Ha Tinh, wrapping up six days of thrilling, high-intensity competition.

The first ever National Mixed Martial Art Club Championships kicked off on July 17, opening a new chapter for the rising sport. Fighters are readying themselves in the hopes of winning at least one gold medal in the upcoming SEA Games.

This weekend's LION Championship 24 will feature the first ever international fight in the MMA Duo category.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese-American actor Johnny Tri Nguyen has introduced his upcoming historical martial arts action film Hộ linh tráng sĩ - Bí ẩn mộ vua Đinh (The Last Secret of the First Emperor) at the Marché du Film, one of the world’s largest film markets held alongside the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.

The final round of the 2025 Vietnam Ambassador Vovinam Cup took place at the Marius Ndiaye Gymnasium in the capital Dakar of Senegal on May 10, attracting nearly nearly 1,000 martial artists from 75 clubs of the Senegal Vovinam Union (USV).

President of the World Vovinam Federation (WVVF) Mai Huu Tin engaged in a series of meetings with Algerian sports officials and participated in various martial arts exchange events from May 7 to 10, aimed to further promote the development of Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) across North Africa and the African continent more broadly.

Venezuelan Sports Minister Franklin Cardillo has expressed his desire to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam in the field of sports, particularly by introducing Vovinam into official training programmes in Venezuela, thereby making it the first country in Latin America to to have a Vovinam martial arts school.