The mark of Vietnamese shooting

Vietnam's sports participated in the 15th SEA Games in 1989 in Malaysia, marking the return of Vietnamese sports to international competitions. The Vietnamese sports delegation participated in the 15th SEA Games with 42 athletes in 8 sports including athletics, swimming, shooting, table tennis, boxing, gymnastics, tennis and women's volleyball.

gun.jpg -0 — Coach Hoang Xuan Vinh and shooter Pham Quang Huy at ASIAD 19. Photo: Vietnam Sports Delegation

Shooter Ngo Ngan Ha won the gold medal in the women's standard air rifle event at the 15th SEA Games in 1989 with a score of 583 points. The Vietnamese shooter also won a gold medal in the women's team at the tournament. Shooter Ngo Ngan Ha is recognized as the first athlete to win a gold medal for Vietnamese sports at the SEA Games since our re-integration. During her career, shooter Ngo Ngan Ha won 6 gold medals at the SEA Games. After ending her athletic career, she participated in coaching and was a member of the coaching staff of the Vietnamese shooting team before retiring.

The next milestone to mention is at the 2016 Olympics, shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh achieved a historic achievement with 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal. This is still the best achievement of Vietnamese sports in the Olympic arena. Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh's gold medal is considered a miracle that marks the mark of Vietnamese sports in the world arena. After retiring, shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh currently holds the rank of colonel and holds the role of head coach of the shooting team at the Military Sports and Physical Training Center.

At ASIAD 2018, Vietnamese shooting won 2 bronze medals in the 10m air pistol mixed pair event of Tran Quoc Cuong - Le Thi Linh Chi and 10m mobile rifle men's event of Ngo Huu Vuong.

At the 2023 ASIAD in Hangzhou (China), Vietnamese shooting continued to reap impressive achievements, including 1 gold medal by shooter Pham Quang Huy (men's 10m air pistol); 1 silver medal by Ngo Huu Vuong (10m standard portable air rifle); 1 bronze medal by Pham Quang Huy, Phan Cong Minh, Lai Cong Minh (men's 10m air pistol team).

Most recently at the 2024 Olympics, shooter Trinh Thu Vinh, participating in the Olympics for the first time, won 4th place overall in the women's 10m air pistol event and reached the final of the women's 25m sport pistol event.

In a press interview, former shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh commented: “Thu Vinh’s competition results reflect her efforts. However, in high-level sports competitions, winning a medal depends on many factors. Thu Vinh’s achievements are already very impressive, opening up many opportunities for future development. The current issue is how to train Thu Vinh to continue to develop her achievements, possibly winning an Olympic medal.”

The Olympic champion once expressed his opinion: “It is not easy to say how long it will take for shooting or Vietnamese sports to have an Olympic gold medal. But I believe that with the number of potential athletes currently available, if invested in comprehensively, combining many factors, Vietnamese shooting will have an Olympic medal. I am a special case. The gold medal at the 2016 Olympics, I think, is beyond the thinking of many people, it is the crystallization of many factors. At that time, I received very good investment from the locality and the country.”

In the immediate future, Vietnamese shooting will have an important goal at the 33rd SEA Games. The Vietnamese shooting team is one of the earliest national teams to assemble. The team has 6 coaches, 1 expert and 45 athletes. With a large number of different events, the shooters will have to compete fiercely and make more efforts. This is the basis for the coaching staff to evaluate after each stage, thereby screening personnel and selecting the best athletes to meet professional requirements. Shooting is one of the key sports that receives great attention and investment from the industry. Therefore, the target for this sport at the 33rd SEA Games is to win 7 gold medals.

CAND-T&T table tennis team dominates youth tournament
After the combination considered a turning point for Vietnamese table tennis between two strong units, CAND Club and Hanoi T&T, the results were quickly clearly demonstrated by the overall first place at the 2025 National Excellent Racket Championship for Youth, Teens and Children.
The CAND-T&T team achieved impressive results with a total of 12 gold medals, 3.5 silver medals and 2.5 bronze medals (combined with other delegations), thereby continuing to affirm its leading position in the youth training system of Vietnamese table tennis.
The gold medal events include men's singles 14-15 years old (Nguyen Van Tuan Anh), women's singles 20-21 years old (Truong Bao Linh), men's singles 22-23 years old (Vu Manh Huy), along with men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles in various age groups.
Among them, the athlete who made a special impression was Nguyen Van Tuan Anh – a young tennis player from the CAND academy. At this tournament, Tuan Anh competed in 3 events and won all 3 gold medals.
Also in this tournament, another face that attracted attention was Vu Manh Huy - the son of coach Vu Manh Cuong. Competing in the U22-23 age group, Manh Huy also won all 3 gold medals in 3 events.
Looking back at the competition journey, coach Manh Cuong said: "Each tournament has a different nature. With this tournament, in terms of expertise, the children have promoted the good points and strengths that they have worked hard to practice over the past time. I am very impressed with the children who may not have been very good in the qualifying round, but then won the gold medal. This shows their efforts and hard work." ( HH )

Source: https://cand.com.vn/the-thao/dau-an-cua-mon-ban-sung-viet-nam-i780127/