Benjsports.com » South East Asia http://benjsports.com Benjie's blog on FIBA Asia Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:58:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 SEA Games hosting new to Laos http://benjsports.com/2009-vientiane-sea-games-updates/sea-games-hosting-new-to-laos/ http://benjsports.com/2009-vientiane-sea-games-updates/sea-games-hosting-new-to-laos/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:09:38 +0000 Benjie http://benjsports.com/?p=784 facebook.com

Photo Courtesy: Facebook.com

Laos will host the 25th South East Asian Games (SEA Games) this year.  It will be the first time that the country will host such event.  The event will be held this coming December 9-18, 2009.  Considered as the Olympics in South East Asia, SEA Games is held every two years exclusively participated by countries located in the said region.

The opening and closing ceremonies will be done at the capital city of Vientiane.  Due to constraints to finance the construction of  facilities, the number of sports disciplines will be reduced. Nonetheless, 2009 SEA Games will be exciting as ever as defending overall champions Thailand will be greatly challenged by other powerhouse countries which includes Malaysia and Vietnam.

]]> http://benjsports.com/2009-vientiane-sea-games-updates/sea-games-hosting-new-to-laos/feed/ 0