In the world
In the world
- The development of Vovinam in the world is, more than anything, the work of thousands of Vietnamese expatriates who, before or after the end of the Vietnam War, went abroad for social, humanitarian or political reasons.
- These are the teachers or instructors who built Vovinam abroad, leaving their native country often at the risk of their lives.
- However, since almost all overseas Vietnamese organizations did not recognize the post-war (post-1975) Vietnamese government, Vovinam in Vietnam was somewhat isolated and was not free in its activities. Moreover, Vietnam had neither a national Vovinam federation nor an international Vovinam federation.
- Since 1996, with the work of Patrick Levet, the Intercontinental Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Association has continued to develop Vovinam around the world. However, there was a big change in the development of Vovinam since the 70's: if during the previous 3 decades the scope of Vovinam in the world was limited to the countries where the Vietnamese community was established, Patrick Levet was going to change this fact: he was going to introduce Vovinam in countries where the Vietnamese community was absent. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
- Thanks to this radical change, with the creation of this international federation, Vovinam would be introduced in many more countries.
- In red, are the countries where Vovinam was first introduced by Patrick Levet (Vovinam did not exist in these countries before Patrick Levet's work)
In pink with a red dot are the countries where there were already Vovinam clubs and where the Intercontinental Federation has members developing Vovinam and opening new clubs.
In pink are the other member countries of the Intercontinental Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Association. Since 2009, the Intercontinental Vovinam Federation has invited its members to join the World Vovinam Federation (WVVF) since Vietnam now has its own world federation.