Vietnam's athletic team will have a busy year in 2022 with the two heavy tasks of defending its top position at the coming 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and winning a gold at the 19th Asian Games.

Tran Mai Ngoc jumped in the air and screamed to celebrate her championship point. She had just become the second youngest national champion ever at the age of 17, and proved herself the future of Vietnamese table tennis.

Winning national tournaments in four different martial arts disciplines is no big deal for Bang Thi Mai. On top of that, she has added a gold medal from the Muay Thai World Championships, held in Thailand in December, to her collection. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all parts of life, but Vietnamese athletes Nguyen Thi Oanh and Nguyen Thanh Ngung appear unfazed as they set new national athletics records in Hanoi.

Forward Nguyen Tien Linh of Vietnam is among outstanding footballers featured in a special poster of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

7 Vietnamese athletes compete at Paralympic Tokyo 2020

Cao Ngoc Hung and Nguyen Thi Hai are one of the world’s most famous disabled athlete couples. The world-class duo will represent Vietnam at the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics, aiming to bring home medals in para athletics.

Despite being paralysed in both legs and once suffering a terrible throat cancer, Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan has extraordinary reserves of energy. The 46-year-old powerlifter is about to go to Tokyo for her fifth consecutive Paralympics.

Someone once said "no man ever steps in the same river twice" but Pham Thi Hue has proved the exception to the rule. She has twice won an official Olympic berth but had to stay home both times and instead witnessing athletes competing on TV.

Vietnamese athletes have wasted no time after arriving in Tokyo and have immediately started training for their upcoming Olympic competitions.

Boxing coach Nguyen Nhu Cuong is very happy that his dream of having Hanoi female boxers win places in the Olympics has come true.

Vietnamese Olympic athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Games will receive VND1.85 billion (over US$80,600) in bonuses for each gold medal win.