It brings together more than 500 athletes and coaches, with 264 for rowing and nearly 300 for canoeing, from seven Southeast Asian nations, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and host Vietnam.

The participating athletes have been selected from national teams, U19, and U23 teams of the countries.

Rowing events will take place on June 28, 29, and 30.

Rangsan Wongsan, Chairman of the Southeast Asian Rowing Federation, said the tournament is to examine rowers' capacity before the 33rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) to take place in Thailand next year.

With experiences in organising many major national and international boat races, Hai Phong has prepared the best conditions to entice more Southeast Asia competitions./.VNA