WThis article presents an overview of the Sports in Vietnam.
WVietnam will participate in the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea on 29 June – 6 July 2013.
WVietnam participated in the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on 17 September – 27 September 2017.
WAustralian Rules Football has been played as an organised sport in Asia since the late 1980s with teams based in Australian expatriate communities and around universities, such as in Tokyo, Japan. Before this time, only informal matches had been played in some countries, the majority involving Australian servicemen, such as a 1941 game held in Port Dickson, British Malaya. The first international games in Asia started in the early 1990s Since the 1990s footy in the region has boomed with AFL Clubs developing in most Asian countries. Played mainly by expatriate Australians, however in some countries such as Japan, China and Indonesia there is a large portion of locals in the playing base.
WVietnam made its Paralympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, with just two competitors: Nguyen Thi Xuan Anh in the women's 800m sprint in athletics, and Truong Cong Hung in the men's up to 52 kg category in powerlifting. The country's delegation in 2004 was slightly larger, and entirely composed of women, with a female sprinter, two female powerlifters and a female swimmer. In 2012, Vietnam fielded its largest delegation to date, with eleven athletes across three sports: track and field, powerlifting and swimming.
WVietnam hosted and took part in the 2003 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi from 5–13 December 2003.
WVietnam 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.
WVietnam participated in the 2007 Southeast Asian Games held in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from December 6, 2007 to December 16, 2007.
WVietnam participated in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in the city of Vientiane, Laos from 9 December 2009 to 18 December 2009. They won 83 gold, 75 silver, and 57 bronze medals. They came second overall in Nation Ranking.
WVietnam is participating at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games which is being held in the cities of Palembang and Jakarta, Indonesia from 11 November 2011 to 22 November 2011.
WVietnam competed at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. The 27th Southeast Asian Games took place in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar, as well as in two other main cities, Yangon and Mandalay.
WVietnam competed in the 2015 Southeast Asian Games from 5 to 16 June 2015.
WVietnam participated in the 2010 Asian Para Games in Guangzhou, China on 13–19 December 2010.
WVietnam was participate in the 2014 Asian Beach Games in Phuket, Thailand from 14 to 23 November 2014.
WVietnam was participate in the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon, South Korea from 19 – 24 October 2014.