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The Vietnam ASEAN Para Games Organising Committee (VIEAPGOC) has proposed a total of 11 sports to be played at the 11th Southeast Asian Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 11) which is scheduled to be held in Hanoi from December 17-23.

The ASEAN Para Games in the Philippines have been delayed indefinitely because of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the Vietnam Paralympic Association (VPA).

Despite their physical challenges, Vietnamese athletes with disabilities have striven with outstanding efforts and gained remarkable results at regional and international arenas over the years, bringing glory to the nation.

The Vietnam Sport Show 2018 kicked off in Hanoi on November 15, featuring over 5,000 products from 120 domestic and foreign exhibitors.

Vietnamese chess players brought home two more gold medals on October 12 – the sixth day of the 2018 Asian Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.

VKFrontier Co., a cosmetics company of the Republic of Korea, has announced its a sponsor package worth 12,000 USD for Vietnamese athletes who will compete at the upcoming 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, which begin in October.

The top 10 domestic events of 2017 as selected by the State-run Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has selected Vietnam’s 10 most notable events of 2017 as follows:

Vietnamese athletes on December 5 earned two more silver medals at the ongoing World Para Powerlifting Championships and World Para Swimming Championships in Mexico City.

Vietnam earned one silver and one bronze medals in the women’s and men’s 100m breaststroke SB5 at the World Para Swimming Championships 2017 in Mexico City on December 3.

Vietnamese athlete Vo Thanh Tung brought home the first bronze in the men’s 100m freestyle-S5 with a time of 1’19.56” at the World Para Swimming Championships 2017 opened in Mexico City on December 2.

Vietnamese powerlifter Le Van Cong will enjoy free AirAsia flights for life, after winning a gold medal at the ongoing Rio Paralympics in Brazil.

Vietnam’s disabled athletes failed to perform at their best in swimming and powerlifting on the second day of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, September 9 (Brazil time).

Power-lifter Le Van Cong has won the first-ever gold medal at a Paralympics for Vietnam and set a new world record of 183kg in the men’s 49kg category.

Vietnamese powertlifters have secured two official tickets to the Rio 2016 Paralympics after winning two gold medals at the IPC Powerlifting World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Vietnam ranked fourth at the eighth ASEAN Para Games in Singapore after all competitions concluded on December 9 noon.

Vietnamese athletes clinched nine gold medals as of 5:30 p.m. on December 6 at the ongoing eighth ASEAN Para Games in Singapore, bringing its gold tally to 24.

Swimming and powerlifting brought five more gold medals for Vietnam at the ongoing ASEAN ParaGames 2015 in Singapore on December 5.