SEA Games champion Pham Thi Hong Le will compete in the 20th ASEAN University Games next week in Thailand. (Photo: VNA) Among them are nine track-and-field athletes; eight taekwondo martial artists,nine pencak silat fighters, three muay thai participants, and two teams ine-sports and futsal.
Some of the Vietnamese students are national team members, such as SEA Gameschampions Lo Thi Hang (women's javelin), Pham Thi Hong Le (women's 10,000m) andVu Thi Ngoc Ha (women's long jump).
The Ubon Ratchathani tournament will receive more than 2 000 athletes,officials, technical officials, workers and volunteers.
They will compete in 230 events in 23 sports. The Games was postponed two timesbecause of COVID-19.
At the previous AUG in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in 2018, Vietnamese students won 16golds, nine silvers and six bronzes to place fifth.
Thailand came first with 62 golds, followed by Indonesia with 44 and Malaysiawith 37.
The AUG is a biennial sports event that involves athletes from the universitiesof the ASEAN member countries. It is regulated by the ASEAN University SportsCouncil (AUSC), established in 1980.
Since its inception in 1981, the ASEAN University Games has grown in strength,numbers and quality. The inaugural setting up of the permanent AUSC Secretariatin Malaysia further helped realise the objectives of AUSC.
The AUSC has worked hard to promote solidarity and contributed tothe ongoing goodwill, understanding and comradeship of nations in true ASEANspirit.
The spirit of regional cooperation and solidarity upheld by ASEANover the years has remained steadfast until today./.
VNA
