2003 ASEAN Para Games
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| Host city | Hanoi | ||
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| Country | Vietnam | ||
| Motto | Peace, Love and Aspire | ||
| Nations participating | 11 | ||
| Athletes participating | 700 | ||
| Events | 287 | ||
| Sports | 5 | ||
| Opening ceremony | 21 December 2003 | ||
| Closing ceremony | 27 December 2003 | ||
| Officially opened by |
Pham Gia Khiem Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam |
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| Main venue |
Mỹ Đình National Stadium (opening) Hanoi Sports Palace (closing) |
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| Website | 2003 ASEAN Para Games | ||
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The 2003 ASEAN Para Games, officially known as the 2nd ASEAN Para Games, was a Southeast Asian disabled multi-sport event held eight days after the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam from 21 to 27 December 2003. This was the first time Vietnam hosted the ASEAN Para Games and the first time Timor-Leste participated at the ASEAN Para Games.
Vietnam is the second country to host the ASEAN Para Games after Malaysia. Around 700 athletes from 11 participating nations participated at the games, which featured 287 events in 5 sports. The games was opened and closed by Pham Gia Khiem, the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam at the My Dinh National Stadium and Hanoi Sports Palace respectively.
The final medal tally was led by Thailand, followed by host Vietnam and Malaysia. Several Asian, Games and National records were broken during the games. The games were generally a successful one held by Vietnam yet, which saw the rising standards of disabled sports competition amongst the Southeast Asian nations.
The 2nd ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee was formed to oversee the staging of the games.
The 2nd ASEAN Para Games had 2 venues for the games.
The emblem of the 2nd ASEAN Para Games is a stylised image of a wheelchair athlete with two hands raised up upwards in the shape of a "V" which symbolises Vietnam and victory. At the top of the emblem, 11 small circles linked together around the image of "Khue Van Cac" (room for reciting poems). The linked small circles represents solidarity, cooperation, and friendship of disabled athletes among 11 countries in the Southeast Asian region, while the Khue Van Cac represents the host country Vietnam. The colours of the athlete and the Khue Van Cac are dark sea blue which represents unity while the colours of the 11 circles are vermilion which represents courage and passion.
The mascot of the 2003 ASEAN Para Games is the "The Golden Goat" which was designed by Nguyen The Nguyen. It was selected by the Organising Committee because the year 2003, year of which Vietnam hosting the second ASEAN Para Games is a goat year in most lunar calendars, especially in Vietnamese and Chinese calendar. The goat is widely described in many art and literary works of Vietnam as a very intimate, friendly and useful animal to the people in daily life. The Golden Goat symbolises happiness, victory and courage when facing challenges. The mascot's design of wearing the sports costume, holds its' left hand on its' waist, and raises the right hand upwards with two fingers stretching out in a "V" shape represents the strong belief in fair-play among athletes to reach the highest achievements at the games.
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