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Vietnamese rowers will vie for Olympic spots at a qualification in April in South Korea.
Top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in her third Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, next month.
When she won the Asian championship title in 2018, Truong Thi Kim Tuyen dreamed an Olympic dream.
Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung, 35, has been one of Vietnam's top disabled athletes for the last 10 years, and he has no plans to slow down.
Rowers have secured Vietnam’s seventh Olympic slot at the World Rowing Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualification regatta which ended in Japan on May 7.
The gymnast was informed about his qualification on Thursday night.
The COVID-19 pandemic has left Vietnamese fencers with a slim chance of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in July.
Vietnam’s taekwondo fighters are aiming for at least one slot at the coming Olympics in Tokyo.
Vietnam will send local students to attend regional and international Olympic competitions this year based on the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic.
It now seems almost certain that Tokyo 2020 will be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the world, BBC Sport takes a closer look.
As it becomes the first country to pull out, Canada "urgently calls" for the games to be postponed.
Vietnam has waited more than three decades to see a Vietnamese fighter qualify for an Olympics and Nguyen Van Duong ended the drought after he secured a Tokyo Olympic slot at the Asia/Oceania Olympic boxing qualifying tournament.
Olympic gold medal shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh may miss his chance to defend his title in Tokyo after the last qualifications have been postponed.
IOC president Thomas Bach says "cancellation" and "postponement" was not mentioned in regards to Tokyo 2020 at Wednesday's board meeting.
Japan's Olympic minister says the Tokyo 2020 games could be postponed from the summer until later in the year amid fears over the coronavirus outbreak.
The VN women’s football team scored a tough 1-0 win against Myanmar in the third round of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on Thursday and young striker Ngan Thi Van Su proved her talent to head coach Mai Duc Chung.
Olympic organisers are "seriously concerned" about the spread of coronavirus and the impact it could have on the Tokyo Games.
Vietnam have respect for all their opponents and will do their utmost to attain the best possible result, said head coach Mai Duc Chung at a press conference held on Sunday.
Vietnamese taekwondo star Truong Thi Kim Tuyen has moved closer to securing a place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after clinching two successive international gold medals in the women’s under-49kg category in recent days.
Australian track cyclist Melissa Hoskins said she hopes to compete in the women's team pursuit after escaping serious injury following a high speed crash in training at the Olympic velodrome on Monday.