Athletes receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of int’l tournaments
The first Vietnamese athletes have received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations in Hanoi, ahead of this year's various international tournaments.
Fencer Vu Thanh An is one of the hundreds of athletes to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in preparation for their Olympic qualifiers (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The first Vietnamese athletes have received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19vaccinations in Hanoi, ahead of this year's variousinternational tournaments.
On the first day of the inoculation programme for athletes, wrestlers,taekwondo and judo martial artists and their coaches received the shots.
Next are the fencing, boxing, swimming, gymnastics and weightlifting teams thatwill compete for Olympics slots in the coming months.
Coach Park Hang-seo and his national football team will also vaccines aheadof the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in June in the UAE while Hanoi FC, SaigonFC and Viettel FC players and staff will also be inoculated ahead of theirparticipation in continental competitions.
“Tokyo Olympics qualification tournaments are ongoing until June 30 indifferent countries. The COVID-19 vaccine injection for athletes is to makesure that they are allowed to enter these destinations and prevent them frombeing infected,” said Tran Duc Phan, deputy head of the Vietnam SportsAdministration.
“The first group will be 180 athletes and coaches who are going to compete inthe Olympic qualifiers. There will be about 20 players injected per day.
"Meanwhile the other 192, including footballers, will be in the secondbatch later on,” he said.
“This is great support from the Government to athletes. It will help be themmore comfortable in training and competing.”/.
Standing members of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control have discussed the preparation of technical and policy solutions to implement the “COVID-19 vaccine passport” scheme while ensuring the principle of “safety first”.
Vietnam continues seeking and diversifying its COVID-19 vaccine sources by working with nations such as the US, India and China, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference held on March 25.
A programme to honour outstanding athletes, coaches, and disabled athletes and coaches for disabled athletes was hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Vietnam Sports Administration (VSA) on March 27 in Hanoi on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam Sports Day.
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The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
Fencer Vu Thanh An is one of the hundreds of athletes to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in preparation for their Olympic qualifiers (Photo: VNA) 
