Games Period: 30 October – 8 November 2009
Host Country: Vietnam(Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City)
Participating countries / regions: 45
Sports Events: 21 sports events –Aquatics(Fin Swimming, Short Course Swimming 25m), Indoor Archery, Indoor Athletics, 3-on-3 Basketball, Billiard Sports, Bowling, Chess(Chess, Xiangqi), Women’s Defence(Boxing, Sanshou, Duilian), DanceSport, Dragon & Lion Dance, E-Sports, Futsal, Aerobics Gymnastics, Jujitsu & Beltwrestling(Demonstration Sport), Indoor Kabaddi, Kurash, Martial Arts(Muay, Vovinam, Kickboxing), Pancak Silat, Petanque, Sepak Takraw(Hoop) and Shuttlecock

Logo

The Logo is the logical, scientific and proper combination of the features, both strong and flexible, of the typical motifs of sports games in Vietnam like the torch, the lotus and the symbol of the Olympic Council of Asia. The logo is the image of a torch created by flaming colorful petals, lighting up an ambiance, exciting and imposing, of a major sports event. The lotus, with the petals joined together like twisted hands, a symbol of solidarity, friendship and cooperation.


Mascot
The mascot of the 3rd Asian Indoor Games is the Ho Chicken, a distinctly Vietnamese rare breed of chicken. The Chicken is familiar with Vietnamese people. According to folklore, the chicken, particularly the rooster, has the five qualities of a man of honor: literary, martial arts, physical strength, humanity and loyalty.

The image of a Ho chicken rising himself to welcome the sun
is like Vietnam’s sports industry’s readiness to welcome Asian sport!

# The above information are extracted from the official website of the Vietnam 3rd Asian Indoor Games