000SPECTATORS AT THE CLOSING ………17……… AT MY DINH STADIUM WERE PARTY...

40.000spectators at the closing ………17……… at My Dinh Stadium were Party Secretary

General Nong Duc Manh, Vice President Truong My Hoa and leaders of the Asian Sport Federation.

A spectacular art …………18………… programme with the participation of 300 musicians and 500

artists was …………19………… to welcome the success of the Games. Singaporean swimmer

Yeojoscelin who won six gold medals and Vietnamese marksman Nguyen Manh Tuong who owned five

gold medals during the Games were awarded the most …………20………… athlete title.

Nguyen Danh Thai, Minister – Chairman of the State Committee for Physical Training and Sports,

President of the 22

SEA Games Council and Head of the 22

SEA Games Organising

Committee, ………21……… that the Games have successfully concluded after boisterous

competition days. All activities took place …………22………… scheduled in an …………23…………

of solidarity and friendship among Southeast Asian people.

With the Vietnamese Government and people’s efforts and international support, the 22

SEA

Games have become a festival that impressed people …………24………… the spirit of “ solidarity,

cooperation for peace and development”. The 22

SEA Games are not only a song of honesty and

nobility in competition and organising competition but …………25………… a sign of a bright future

for the development of regional sports

After Vietnamese singer My Linh and a Philipine singer sang the song “ For the World of Tomorrow

“, Minister Nguyen Danh Thai and Chairman of the Ha Noi People’s committee Hoang Van Nghien

handed over the SEA Games Flag to the Chairman of the Olympic Committee and the dead of the

Philipine sport team, ………26………the host country of the SEA Games – the Philipines 2005.