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This article presents an overview of the Sports in Vietnam .
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This article presents an overview of the Sports in Vietnam .
Australian rules football has been played in Vietnam since 1998, when the Saigon Saints was formed by expatriate Australians. It was followed after by rivals the Hanoi Hawks, established by Australian expatriates. The Saigon Saints stopped playing in 2001.
In 2003, Australian rules football was reborn in Hanoi under the Hanoi Swans banner with a tri-nations tournament against Hong Kong and Thailand. In 2007, a movement started in Saigan to get footy up again with the goal of combining with Hanoi to form a national team, the Vietnam Swans.
In July 2007, the Vietnam Swans played together for the first time in Bangkok for the 8th Annual Asian Championships. They returned to the Asian Championships in 2008 in Singapore and have been playing since.
In 2009, highlights included the ANZAC Day Match against the Thailand Tigers at Hellfire Pass on the Death Burma Railway; a Black Saturday Tribute Match and Fundraiser against the Bali Geckos a match against HMAS Darwin and the Asian Championships.
Basketball has been played in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Soc Trang. [1]
The Vietnamese national basketball team at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games earned the bronze medal. [2] Vietnam women's national basketball team get gold medal at the Basketball at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in 3x3 competition after defeating Philippines in the final.
Association football in Vietnam is run by the Vietnam Football Federation. The federation administers the Vietnam national football team, the Vietnam Second Division, and the Vietnam Third Division. The top 2 leagues in the country, V.League 1 and V.League 2 are administered by the Vietnam Professional Football (VPF) company. [3]
When Vietnam was split into North Vietnam and South Vietnam, 2 national teams existed. The North Vietnamese national team played mostly exclusively against other Communist countries between 1956 and 1966, while the South Vietnamese national team took part in the first 2 AFC Asian Cup finals, finishing fourth place both times.
Vietnam men's and women's national handball won gold medals at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games.
Rugby union was introduced when Vietnam was part of French Indochina, and this was by French expatriates. After independence there was a hiatus because of financial and political forces, from famine to the Vietnam War.
A number of people who could qualify for Vietnam's national rugby union team play in France. An example is the MHRC player François Trinh-Duc, who has a Vietnamese grandfather.
The National volleyball team won silver medals at the Southeast Asian Games. At the 2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, the national team played as Sport Center won the title for the first time. The women's team won 2023 AVC Women's Challenge Cup.
Bui Thi Nhung and Vu Thi Huong are 2 athletes from Vietnam.
Bui Thi Nhung won the gold medal at the 2003 Asian Athletics Championships, and finished 4th at the 2006 Asian Games. Bui Thi Nhung competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.
Vu Thi Huong is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Vietnam.
Huong won the silver medal in women's 100m event and the bronze medal in women's 200m event at the 2007 Asian Athletics Championship in Amman, Jordan.
At some Southeast Asian Games editions, she has been dominating the short distances. She won the double (both 100m and 200m) gold medal at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, and the 100m gold and 200m silver at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines. At the first SEA Games in her career (2003 in Vietnam), she won bronze medal in the 100m and silver medal in the 4x100 relay with the Vietnam team.
Huong represented Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100m sprint and placed third in her first round heat, after Kim Gevaert and Yulia Nestsiarenka in a time of 11.65 seconds. She qualified for the second round in which she failed to qualify for the semi-finals as her time of 11.70 seconds was the 8th and slowest time of her race.
Vietnam is home to chess players who compete internationally, some being Cesar Boutteville, Hoang Thanh Trang, Lê Quang Liêm, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, and Paul Truong.
Powerboating was one of the first motorsport disciplines to be contested in Vietnam. The inaugural event was held in Quy Nhon in 2024, featuring two major disciplines: F1H2O and Aquabike. [4] Vietnam gained significant recognition in the sport by sponsoring Team Vietnam, which achieved remarkable success during the 2024 season. The team, led by driver Jonas Andersson, clinched the championship title in the F1H2O category, marking a historic milestone for Vietnam in international motorsport. [5]
Some of the martial arts schools emerging from Vo Co Truyen's development practice Vo Thuat:
In Vietnam, people practice:
There are Sino-Vietnamese styles. These are styles that are partially Vietnamese which were among Chinese who lived in Vietnam, for example:
Other styles include:
Vovinam and Nhat Nam are some of the Vietnamese martial arts, followed by others.[ citation needed ]
Articles related to Vietnam and Vietnamese culture include:
Traditional Vietnamese martial arts often referred to as Võ thuật, can be loosely divided into those of the Sino-Vietnamese descended from the Han and those of the Chams or indigenous Vietnamese.
Nam Định is a capital-city of Nam Định province in the Red River Delta of the Northern Vietnam.
Vietnam competed at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines under the IOC country code VIE. By sending a delegation of 516 athletes and competing in 33 out of 40 sports and in 352 out of a total of 439 events, it aimed for a top three placing in the medals table. The final result showed that the Vietnamese team has attained its goal by ranking first in the medal tally with 18 gold, 24 silver and 11 bronze medals. The chief of mission to the games was Nguyen Hong Minh.
Ngô Xuân Diệu was a Vietnamese poet, journalist, short-story writer, and literary critic, best known as one of the prominent figures of the twentieth-century Thơ mới Movement. Heralded by critics as "the newest of the New Poets", Xuân Diệu rose to popularity with the collection Thơ thơ (1938), which demonstrates a distinct voice influenced by Western literature, notably French symbolism. Between 1936 and 1944, his poetry was characterized by a desperation for love, juxtaposed with a desire to live and to experience the beauty of the world. After joining the Vietnamese Communist Party in 1945, the themes of his works shifted towards the Party and their resistance against the French and the Americans. When he died in 1985, he left behind about 450 poems, as well as several short stories, essays, and literary criticisms.
Association football in Vietnam is run by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF). The federation administers the Vietnamese Men's and Women's national football teams. It is responsible for the national football leagues, including the V. League 1, which is a top tier league.
Phạm Văn Quyến is a retired Vietnamese footballer. Since his days as a Vietnamese U-16 international, Quyến was considered one of the most promising young players in Vietnam and a worthy successor to the legendary Lê Huỳnh Đức. Quyến is known for his pace, dribbling ability and shot accuracy and was also a free kick specialist.
Paris By Night 91: Huế, Sài Gòn, Hà Nội is a Paris By Night program produced by Thúy Nga that was filmed at the Terrace Theater at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center on January 12, 2008 and January 13, 2008.
Paris By Night 99 – Tôi Là Người Việt Nam is a Paris By Night program produced by Thúy Nga Productions that was filmed at Knott's Berry Farm on 16 and 17 January 2010 and released DVD from 9 April 2010. The show was hosted by Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên and Trịnh Hội.
The Hồ Chí Minh Prize is an honorary award given by the government of Vietnam in recognition of cultural and/or scientific achievement. The prize was established by decree in 1981, and has been awarded in 1996, 2000, 2005 and 2012, often posthumously. The prize is named for Ho Chi Minh, who was Chairman and founder of the Workers' Party of Vietnam, that is considered one of the highest honors bestowed by Vietnam.
The HUS High School for Gifted Students, commonly known as High School for Gifted Students of Science, is a specialized, most-selective public magnet school of VNU University of Science, a member of Vietnam National University, Hanoi system. The school serves as a national educational institution to nurture talented Vietnamese students who excelled at natural sciences. The largest percentage of its graduates attend the most prestigious universities in Vietnam.
The 9th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam was elected at the 9th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. It elected the 9th Politburo and the 9th Secretariat.
Dao Minh Quan is a Vietnamese-American politician. He is the 3rd President of the Third Republic of Vietnam, a claimed government in exile. He is known for starting the Vietnam New Democratic Movement.
The 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was elected at the 8th CPV National Congress. It elected the 8th Politburo and the 8th Secretariat.
The 5th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was elected at the 5th CPV National Congress. It elected the 5th Politburo and the 5th Secretariat.
The 4th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was elected at the 4th CPV National Congress. It elected the 4th Politburo and the 4th Secretariat.
The 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam (WPV) was elected at the 3rd WPV National Congress. It elected the 3rd Politburo and the 3rd Secretariat.
Châu Tuyết Vân [t͡ɕəu˧ tujet˧ˀ˩ vən˧] is a Vietnamese athlete and Taekwondo practitioner. She is a member of the Vietnamese Taekwondo national team, with a record of 6 consecutive gold medals at the SEA Games, 5 consecutive gold medals at the World Championships, 2 consecutive gold medals at the Asian Games, and 1 Gold Medal at the Southeast Asian Games in the synchronized poomsae event. She achieved the sixth-degree black belt certification in 2018 at the age of 28.
The 23rd Vietnam Film Festival was held from November 21 to 25, 2023, in Da Lat City, Lâm Đồng province, Vietnam, with the slogan "Building a Vietnamese film industry rich in national identity, modern and humane".
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