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Send-off ceremonies for Vietnamese athletes to ASEAN Para Games 12

A ceremony was held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on May 31 to send off Vietnamese athletes with disabilities competing in the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which is scheduled to take place in Pnom Penh, Cambodia from June 3-9.
Send-off ceremonies for Vietnamese athletes to ASEAN Para Games 12 ảnh 1The ceremony in Hanoi to send off Vietnamese athletes with disabilities competing in the 12th ASEAN Para Games. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) -  A ceremony was held at NoiBai International Airport in Hanoi on May 31 to send off Vietnamese athleteswith disabilities competing in the 12th ASEAN Para Games, which is scheduled totake place in Pnom Penh, Cambodia from June 3-9.

Led by Nguyen Hong Minh, Deputy General Director of theMinistry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Vietnam Sports Administration, thedelegation consists of 164 members, including 122 athletes.

The Vietnamese athletes will compete in eight outof 13 sports at the tournament, namely track-and-field, swimming,weightlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and boccia.

On the same day afternoon, the administration also hosted a ceremony at Tan Son Nhat InternationalAirport in Ho Chi Minh City to send off athletes from the southern and centralregions to the event.

Send-off ceremonies for Vietnamese athletes to ASEAN Para Games 12 ảnh 2The Vietnamese athletes will compete in eight out of 13 sports at the tournament. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam is set to win 50-55 gold medals and namedamong the top four countries in the medal tally at the event. 

So far, more than 2,600 athletes withdisabilities have registered to compete at ASEAN Para Games 12.

At the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Jakarta,Indonesia, last year, Vietnam claimed 183 medals, including 65 golds, 62silvers and 56 bronzes, ranking third on the medal tally./.
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