Vietnam sends 18 athletes to 2020 Tokyo Olympics to compete in shooting, weightlifting, badminton, swimming, etc.

The first Vietnamese athlete to clinch a spot in the country’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics team, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang then suffered the disappointment of seeing the world’s largest sporting event delayed by a year due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Vietnamese national women’s football team had their first training session on February 17 to prepare for the play-off round with Australia to earn a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Young Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang is diving headfirst into new challenges and bringing home gold from the ongoing Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines.

The Vietnamese women’s football team have received a bonus of 800 million VND (34,500 USD) from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for earning a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ third qualifying round.

The Vietnamese women’s national football team will face Jordan in their final Group B match of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ second qualifying round in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 9.

The Vietnamese women’s national football team have taken one step closer to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as they beat Hong Kong 2-1 in their Group B qualifier in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on April 6.

A total of 30 billion VND (almost 1.3 million USD) will be invested to help prepare 27 head coaches and 66 athletes for key international contests in the next few years, according to deputy head of the Vietnam Sports Administration Tran Duc Phan.

Thailand has voluntarily banned its weightlifters from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and all other international competitions because of its recent doping scandal but will still host the 2019 World Championships, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on March 8.

Vietnam were drawn into Group B in the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament 2020 Asian Qualifiers Round Two at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Vietnam aims to obtain at least three gold medals at the upcoming 2018 Asian Games (ASIAD 2018), said deputy head of the Vietnam Sports Administration Tran Duc Phan.

Vietnamese cyclist Nguyen Thi That has won the one-day woman’s race Dwars door de Westhoek in Belgium.

The Indonesian Asian Games Organising Committee (INASGOC) on April 2 held a press briefing on the upcoming the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18).