Three powerlifters have qualified for Vietnam's Paralympic team, increasing the total number to six.

Vietnamese rowers will vie for Olympic spots at a qualification event in April in the Republic of Korea.

The Vietnam Olympic football team under the guidance of coach Hoang Anh Tuan on September 7 gathered to prepare for the upcoming ASIAD 19 in Hangzhou, China, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Fukushima is the host town of the Vietnamese sports delegation during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The city has made preparations to welcome the delegation coming to the city for training and exchanging on the threshold of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and runner Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the upcoming Tokyo Games’ opening ceremony.

Vietnam’s Olympic football team received plaudits from international media after creating football history for the second time this year.

Vietnamese female rowers bagged one more silver medal for Vietnam at the ongoing Asian Games 2018 (ASIAD 2018) in Indonesia on August 24.

Olympian winner Hoang Xuan Vinh will hunt for his second gold medal, this time in the men’s 50m pistol event on August 10 night in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Pham Thi Hue on April earned the 15th Olympic slot for Vietnam after her success during the rowing qualification tournament in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Vietnam's Olympic qualification hopes took a blow after a 9-0 loss to Australia in a qualification tournament in Japan on March 2.

Forty-five excellent athletes are getting special training and treatment to prepare for Olympics qualifying tourneys, the General Department of Sports and Physical Education said.

Athletes Nguyen Thi Huyen and Bui Thu Thao will go abroad for training.