SEA Games 31: Convergence to shine
(VOVWORLD) - The 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) wrapped up on Monday evening with a ceremony imbued with Vietnam’s cultural identity at the Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium of My Dinh National Stadium.
 Vietnamese Party and State leaders attend the closing ceremony. (photo: Vu Toan)
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 The stage of the closing ceremony of SEA Games 31. (Photo: Vu Toan) |
 The curtain raiser of the closing ceremony is a medley about Hanoi with dancers recreating typical images of the capital city. (Photo: Vu Toan)
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 An introduction of 40 sports at SEA Games 31. (Photo: Vu Toan) |
 A parade honoring the results of 11 sport delegations. (Photo: Vu Toan)
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 SEA Games 31’s medal table. (Photo: SEA Games 31 organizing board) |
The organizing board honors outstanding athletes at SEA Games 31: Vietnamese athletic Nguyen Thi Oanh (3 gold medals, breaking one SEA Games record), Thai athletic Joshua Robert Atkinson (4 gold medals, breaking one SEA Games record), Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang (5 gold medals, breaking 2 SEA Games records) and Singaporean swimmer Jing Wen Quah (6 gold medals, breaking one SEA Games record). (Photo: Giang Huy/VNexpress)
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 Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announces the closing of SEA Games 31. (Photo: Vu Toan)
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 Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung hands over the flag of the Southeast Asian Sports Federation to Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon. (Photo: Vu Toan) |
 Cambodia will host SEA Games 32 in 2023. (Photo: Zing)
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 A performance of Cambodian artists (Photo: Vu Toan)
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 100 Quan Ho folk artists perform a medley - Inviting areca nuts and betal leaves, Farewell, and Please don’t go. (Photo: Vietnamnet)
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 The closing ceremony ends with a medley by singers Van Mai Huong , Uyen Linh, Duong Hoang Yen, and Ha Nhi. (Photo: Duy Hieu/ Zing)
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