Vientiane 2009

The 25th Southeast Asian Games is scheduled to be held in Vientiane, Laos in 2009. This will be the first time the country has ever held a Southeast Asian Games. If Laos failed to meet qualifications to hold the event in time, the games would be moved to Singapore. It will also commemorate the 50 years of the SEA Games in the said event.

Opening Ceremony

12/09/2009

Closing Ceremony

12/18/2009

HOST CITY

Vientiane

COUNTRY

Laos People's Democratic Republic

Volunteers

2109

Competitor Male

3004

No Of Events

370

No Of Sports

25

Game No

25

NOC

11

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Photos And Videos

South East Asian Games, SEAG

South East Asian Games, SEAG

South East Asian Games, SEAG

South East Asian Games, SEAG

South East Asian Games, SEAG

Participating National Olympic Committees

Sports / Disciplines

AQ

AR

AT

BD

BS

Billiards Sports

BX

CY

FS

FB

GO

JU

KR

MY

PS

PQ

SE

SH

SC

TT

TK

TE

VB

Beach Volleyball

WL

WR

WU

Asian Marks

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<p>The Mascot of the 25th SEA Games in the year 2009 is white elephants with sapphire tusk which are existing animals in Laos for a long time.  Male elephant called Champa and female elephant called Champi. Both elephants dress up with beautiful Lao national clothes and being full of happy and smiling faces and eyes.<br /><br />This is an important part to make sport competition joyful and lively. More importantly, it is expressing warm welcome feeling of Lao PDR as the host country for the 25th SEA Games.</p>
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<p>The Diversified Concept designed by the Integration of modern sport competition concept and elegance, charm and attractiveness of highly value Lao Culture, Arts and History. Emblem for the 25th SEA Games is a part of graphic design to show you the most important sport competition uniqueness.<br /><br />It has been designed as the That Luang great stupa image, it is the symbol of Lao nation (landmark) a long  with the Mekong River, which is a river stream which is a river  for people lives that reflect to culture, lifestyle and plenty of water resource that provide for Lao ethnic people along Mekong river in the country.<br /><br />While the river is compared as the symbol of the integration of the Asian countries as friendship river which derive from the sport competition.</p>
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Slogan Vientiane 2009