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National Olympic Committee designs plan for 2021

The Vietnam National Olympic Committee will organise various community and high-performance sport activities and prepare for the 31st SEA Games and the 11th ASEAN Para Games as well as important international sport Olympics in 2021.

Vietnam to start countdown to 31st SEA Games in November

A countdown ceremony will be held on November 15 in Hanoi in order to mark the country hosting the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games in 2021.

ASEAN Para Games delayed, March and April AFC Cup matches postponed

The 2020 ASEAN Para Games have been postponed to October 3 – 9 while the Asian Football Confederation has postponed all matches and events scheduled to take place in March and April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Vietnamese athlete looks to lift medal at Rio Paralympics

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Daddy, bring me a gold medal, ok?” Le Tuan Anh always tells his father, Le Van Cong, whenever he calls him during his training courses or competitions far from home.

ASEAN Para Games winds down with glitzy closing ceremony

 The curtain closed on the eighth ASEAN Para Games (APG) with a spectacular ceremony at the Marina Bay Sands and the official handover to the next host country, Malaysia.

ASEAN ParaGames: Vietnam claims four golds, setting new records

 Vietnamese swimmers on December 4 made a splash at the ongoing ASEAN ParaGames 2015 in Singapore, bringing home three gold medals while setting two new Games records.

Vietnam's disabled athletes head for ASEAN Para Games

 A delegation of 130 Vietnamese athletes with disabilities will participate in the 8th ASEAN Para Games in Singapore from December 3-9, heard a press conference on November 24 in Hanoi.

ASEAN ParaGames to be held in December

 This year's ASEAN ParaGames will be held in December, six months after the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the organisers said.

The first disabled athlete gets a sponsor in Vietnam

 VietNamNet Bridge – Disabled Vietnamese weightlifter Le Van Cong will receive VND10 million (US$476) per month from his sponsor, the Viet Nam Institute for Biomedical Physics, for 20 months from January this year.

Vietnam stands third at 7th ASEAN Para Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese team is temporarily ranked third in the medal tally of the on-going seventh ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar, with 24 golds, 34 silvers, and 28 bronzes.

Vietnamese reaches world record at ASEAN Para Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese weightlifter Le Van Cong reached a world record of 176kg on January 16 at the ongoing seventh Para Games in Myanmar, equalling the weight lifted by a Nigerian athlete

Vietnam tops 7th ASEAN Para Games in first day

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam topped the medal tally after the first competition day of the ongoing seventh ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar with 11 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals.  

ASEAN Para Games open in Myanmar

 VietNamNet Bridge – The seventh ASEAN Para Games officially opened yesterday (Jan 14) at the Wunna Theikdi Sports Complex in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar.

Paralysed hip-hop dancer defies physical limits

 VietNamNet Bridge – Audiences at last month's 2013 Got To Dance competition witnessed 31-year-old Nguyen Thanh Trung do a handstand dance move on stage, turning his body many times in a kind of reverse pirouette.

Athletes with disabilities to compete at Para Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Para Games will be organised next week in the capital city.