Vietnam’s sport sector will strive to have more athletes eligible to compete at the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in Japan, heard a conference of the Vietnam Sports Administration in Hanoi on December 26.
The first Vietnam festival held in the Japanese city of Fukushima drew hundreds of Vietnamese people residing in the prefecture of the same name and neighbouring areas.
Vietnamese athletes grabbed six gold, eight silver and eight bronze medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Grand Prix Series, which was held in Beijing, China, from May 10 to 12, Nhan Dan online reported.
The defining aim of the Vietnam-Japan partnership is to contribute to regional peace and prosperity, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in an exclusive interview granted to General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi, who is paying a working visit to Japan.
After a successful 2018, managers and fans are brimming with hope that Vietnam’s sportsmen and women will obtain more international successes this year.
Ticket sales for the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games have surpassed more than 320,000, a record for the most tickets sold at a Winter Paralympics, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Games (POCOG) said on March 13.
A delegation of 142 Vietnamese athletes with disabilities left Ho Chi Minh City on September 11 for the ninth ASEAN Paralympic Games in Malaysia in the next days.
Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Japan Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Shinzo Abe have reaffirmed their determination to foster the Vietnam-Japan relationship in a comprehensive and extensive manner in a joint statement.
The Vietnam Paralympic Association had a working session with authorities from Japan's Nagasaki in Hanoi to discuss the development of sports for people with disabilities in the two countries.
General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyen Duc Loi and President and Editor-in-Chief of Japan’s Kyodo News Masaki Fukuyama have shared their delight at the fruitful partnership between the two sides through the exchange of news, especially those related to Vietnam and Japan.
The ASEAN Secretariat hosted on November 30 a tribute and recognition ceremony for ASEAN athletes who competed at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
More than 1,000 athletes from all over Vietnam will compete at the national Paralympic Games that will take place from July 8-14 in HCM City, according to the Vietnam Paralympic Association (VPA).
A number of Vietnamese squads will be sent to foreign countries this April for further training in anticipation of the Olympics and Paralympics 2016 qualifiers in Brazil.
A delegation of 130 Vietnamese athletes with disabilities will participate in the 8th ASEAN Para Games in Singapore from December 3-9, heard a press conference on November 24 in Hanoi.
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