The Vietnamese gymnastics team has left the country to attend a training course in Canada from March 30 to April 20, announced the General Department of Sports and Physical Training on March 31.

Accordingly, the 17-member team will have their travel and accommodation expenses during the course sponsored by the Canadian partners.

The training course is part of preparations for the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) to be held in Singapore next June.

Recently, gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh won a gold and a silver medal in the eighth FIG Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup in Qatar.-VNA