The 2021 SEA Games and ASEAN Para Games organisers have launched a public competition calling for Vietnamese nationals to submit logo and mascot designs as well as slogan and song. Photo of the organisers

HÀ NỘI — The 31^st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games organisers have launched a public competition to create the logo, mascot, slogan and song for the multi-sport event in Việt Nam in 2021.

Designers and musicians have also invited to create the above items for the 11^th ASEAN Para Games which will follow the SEA Games in Hà Nội and surrounding areas.

The contests are being run by the National Sports Administration, the Việt Nam Olympics Committee and Hà Nội City Trail Company.

Vietnamese citizens from 15 years old and above can enter. Submissions will be accepted from September 1 to October 10 with the winning ones to be announced in a ceremony on October 30 live aired on Thể thao TV and  Bóng đá TV. The deadline for the song competition is  November 10.

The winning designer for each work will receive VNĐ30 million while the musician with the chosen song will get VNĐ50 million.

The 31^st SEA Games’ slogan, logo, mascot and song will be introduced during the 30^th Games in the Philippines later this year.

Miss Việt Nam and Miss Universe 2018’s top five H’Hen Nie will be the contests' ambassador while other influencers such as rapper Đen Vâu and MC Quang Bảo will attend.

The SEA Games and Para Games are two biggest sporting events held every two years in the region.

It will be the second time Việt Nam has won the right to host the Games, following the first time in 2003. VNS