Hanoi (VNA) - The logo and mascot for the31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games wereofficially launched during a ceremony in Hanoi on November 19.
More than 1,460 entries were sent to a contest on designingthe events’ logo and mascot, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam SportAdministration Le Thi Hoang Yen said during the contest’s awards ceremony heldon the occasion.
A logo symbolising a flying bird and a V-shaped handby Hoang Xuan Hieu in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue won first prize.
The brainchild of Ngo Xuan Khoi from Hanoi triumphedin the mascot category, based on the saola, a rare animal listed in Vietnam’sRed Book of Endangered Species.
The contest was launched in August last year.
The two regional sporting events will be hosted byVietnam in late 2021./.