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The Vietnamese boxing team is gearing up for the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 32 in Cambodia next month with the nation's hopes pinned on Nguyen Thi Tam, who recently won silver at the World Boxing Championship.

Vietnam’s boxing is aiming for two gold medals at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian (SEA Games 31) and the team is training hard for the regional event.

All eyes will be on Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi when she fights for the World Boxing Organisation Asia Pacific minimumweight title on February 29 in Cambodia.

Five Vietnamese boxers will take part in tournaments hosted by the Boxing Association of the Republic of Korea and the World Boxing Council in July.

Former world boxing champion Shinji Takehara of Japan will take part in friendly matches against Vietnamese boxers on December 29-30.

Vietnamese boxers are competing with professional boxers from the Republic of Korea at the Vina Boxing Cup 2018, held in the southern province of Dong Nai on July 7.

The Asian Women’s Amateur Boxing Championship began in Ho Chi Minh City on November 2.

Boxers Luu Thi Duyen and Le Thi Bang have been invited to practise and compete in the US.

Two Vietnamese boxers, Tran Phu Cuong and Truong Dinh Hoang, secured tickets to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Asian men's boxing championship in Bangkok, Thailand on August 30.