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Vietnam is aiming to have 10-15 athletes competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in shooting, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, fencing and weight-lifting, according to the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

The 28th Southeast Asian Games, which closed at Singapore's new national stadium on June 16, was a success for Vietnam's sportsmen and women.

Vietnam will focus on Olympic sports following the success of the country’s athletes in these competitions at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, with a hope of consolidating its position in the region and competing in bigger arenas, including the Asian Games and Olympic Games.

Vietnam earned seven gold medals on the 28th SEA Games' fourth day.

Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien continued her impressive performance at the ongoing 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 28) in Singapore on June 9 with a new record in the women’s 200m butterfly.

With eight gold medals, five silvers and nine bronzes on the second day of the ongoing 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore (June 7), Vietnam was at second place on the medal tally with 21 gold medals, eight silvers and 21 bronzes.

Singapore online newspaper straitstimes.com called Vietnam swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien as one of 10 athletes to watch at the SEA Games, which will kick off later this week.

Vietnam have been set a goal of winning from 60 to 70 gold medals to rank in the top three at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in Singapore from June 5-16.

Vietnam's top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a gold medal in the women's 200m medley at the 2015 United States National Swimming Championships on March 27.

After a successful year, swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is dreaming of a place in the final at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016.

Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is expected to defend her title at the Best Athletes and Coaches of 2014, which is being held on December 30 in three cities across the nation.

Vietnam's 199 athletes have won a total of 36 medals, including victories for the first time in several Olympic sports, at the 17th Asian Games which concludes on October 4.

Vietnamese athletes won two bronze medals at the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on September 26.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien grabbed a bronze medal in the women’s 400m individual medley event on September 23 at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea.

A send-off ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 13 for the Vietnamese delegation to the 17 th Asian Games (ASIAD 17), held in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, from September 19 to October 4.