The Vietnamese sports delegation has arrived in Paris for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games from which they expect to bring back medals.

Vietnamese athletes with disabilities are working hard to get ready for the 2024 Paris Paralympics, scheduled to take place from August 28 to September 8 in France.

The Vietnamese team bagged five gold and three silver medals, ranking sixth in the tally at the Pattaya 2024 Para Powerlifting World Cup which was held from May 8 – 11 in Thailand.

Le Van Cong on August 23 secured a gold medal for Vietnam in the men’s 49kg category at the ongoing World Para Powerlifting Championships in Dubai, after defeating defending champion Omar Quaranda from Jordan.

Vietnam bagged 28 golds after three days into the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia, almost completing its target of 35-40 gold medals.

Vietnam secured 12 gold, nine silver, and 11 bronze medals as of 10pm on August 1, the first day it competed at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.

Le Van Cong on August 26 secured a silver medal for Vietnam in the men’s 49kg powerlifting at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Vietnam’s disabled athletes failed to perform at their best in swimming and powerlifting on the second day of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, September 9 (Brazil time).

Power-lifter Le Van Cong has won the first-ever gold medal at a Paralympics for Vietnam and set a new world record of 183kg in the men’s 49kg category.

Vietnamese athletes clinched nine gold medals as of 5:30 p.m. on December 6 at the ongoing eighth ASEAN Para Games in Singapore, bringing its gold tally to 24.

Swimming and powerlifting brought five more gold medals for Vietnam at the ongoing ASEAN ParaGames 2015 in Singapore on December 5.