National flags raised at SEA ceremony

Vientiane (VNA) – National flags of participating countries to the
25th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 25) were raised at a ceremony in the Athlete Villages in Vientiane on Dec. 8.

After the ceremony, celebration of the 50 th anniversary of SEA Games took place.

More than 4,000 athletes, coaches and officials from Brunei , Cambodia ,
Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand
, Timor Leste and Vietnam will participate in the Games, which will be held from
Dec. 9-18.

Vietnam sent 394 athletes to the Games to compete in 24 of 25 events with a hope
to gain 70 gold medals and rank third in the medal tally.

Vietnam came out third with 64 gold medals at the previous SEA Games in
Thailand in 2007.
The host country participates in the Games with some 650 athletes, aiming for 25
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