VOV.VN - Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang has qualified for the upcoming International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Championships Budapest 2022 which is set to get underway in Hungary from June 18 to July 3.

As many as 305 outstanding athletes have been honoured with the Prime Minister's certificates of merit for their excellent performances at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), according to a decision signed on May 27.

VOV.VN - Here are some of the outstanding local athletes who won the most golds for the Vietnamese sporting team at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) from May 12 to May 23.

VOV.VN - Swimmers basking in the joy of victory serve to create some memorable moments at the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Local swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang was voted as the best athlete of 2021 following a string of successful achievements throughout the year, the National Sports Administration and the Vietnam Olympic Committee announced on January 5.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese sports team will return to the country on August 4 after completing their participation in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Japan.

For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and runner Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the upcoming Tokyo Games’ opening ceremony.

VOV.VN - Track-and-field athlete Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang will carry the flags of the Vietnamese sports delegation during the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 23.

Top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in her third Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, next month.

ASEAN member countries are working towards accessing COVID-19 vaccine sources for large-scale immunisation campaigns in a bid to reach herd immunity in 2022, heard a workshop held online in Hanoi on May 26.