Memorable results of his career
"The achievement of competing at the Asian Championship 2025 is really touched for me. I am very grateful to the cheers of the fans and the encouragement of the teachers. I do not know what to say because this is the time when I achieved the memorable results of my career," Nguyen Ngoc Tram shared when he returned to Vietnam from the Asian Championship 2025 in Uzbekistan.
Boxer Nguyen Ngoc Tram achieved the most memorable result of his career with a Gold Medal (team kata - women's performance) and a Bronze Medal (women's individual award).
In previous times participating in the Asian Karate Championship, Nguyen Ngoc Tram had never won such an important achievement. Statistics show that this female martial artist competed in the 2023 and 2024 tournaments but only won a Silver Medal in the women's team event.
"This year is one of the first times I have participated in the individual event. I was nervous and worried, but when I entered the competition, I won a Bronze Medal. After that, I won the Gold Medal for the women's team. I really appreciate this result, Nguyen Ngoc Tram added.
Previously, the Vietnam Karate Team for women's kata events often took the initiative to focus on individual events with the competitive ability of fighter Nguyen Thi Phuong. At the 2025 Asian Karate Championship, Nguyen Ngoc Tram was the main face in the individual kata event and she proudly won the Bronze Medal.
Looking back on the journey of Vietnam Karate team in the Asian Championships, it took us 10 years to regain the Gold Medal results. The last time the Karate Vietnam team ranked number one content Kata Women's teammate is the Asian Championship 2015.
After 10 years, we have returned to success. Nguyen Ngoc Tram is a player who received many compliments from experts for showing practical results on the field.
Finding success at the 33rd SEA Games
This year, the Vietnam Karate Team has developed a professional preparation plan to participate in the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand. In particular, we are determined to strive to maintain the number one kata content at the Congress.
At the 31st SEA Games in 2022 in Vietnam and the 32nd SEA Games in 2023 in Cambodia, karate Vietnam won the Gold Medal in the women's team event kata. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram is the main member of the group of 3 athletes competing in the event.
I understand that the SEA Games arena always has its own professional value. Each athlete when participating is determined to show their all for the color of the flag and shirt. I really hope to win an official spot to participate in the 33rd SEA Games with the Vietnam Karate Team and compete to the best of my ability, said Nguyen Ngoc Tram.
Coach Do Thi Thu Ha in the kata category of the Vietnam Karate Team analyzed that with the 33rd SEA Games, we must prepare the most carefully because each country has a professional forecast to bring the best squad to compete.
The kata content is only organized for men's and women's teams, but there are no individual men's and individual women's events, so we have identified each match as a key competition at the 33rd SEA Games, said coach Do Thi Thu Ha.
At each SEA Games, Nguyen Ngoc Tram has his own memories. In 2022, she participated in the 31st SEA Games held in Vietnam for the first time. At the Ninh Binh Provincial Gymnasium at that time, Nguyen Ngoc Tram won a Gold Medal in the women's team event. She once shared: "I was moved when I had my first medal at the SEA Games. I really appreciate this achievement.
At the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia in 2023, the female fighter of the People's Police continued to protect the gold medal of Kata teammates in Karate. Memory, the above achievement is identified as the first official gold medal awarded to the Vietnamese sports delegation at the 32nd SEA Games.
The Hanoi female player said that at the arena in Cambodia, the above achievement was sent home to celebrate with her relatives because it was the first time she and her teammates won the Gold Medal outside of Vietnam for the Vietnam Sports Delegation.
Unstoppable efforts
Nguyen Ngoc Tram started to get acquainted with sports when he was in elementary school. She shared that she watched martial arts tournaments on television and liked them and wanted her parents to let her practice.
"Up to now, I have practiced and competed in sports with karate for nearly 15 years, but through each competition, I have tried to accumulate experience. I watch the athletes compete internationally, especially at the SEA Games.
I was fascinated by the fact that I really wanted to have such an opportunity. When standing on the highest podium to receive Gold Medals at the 31st and 32nd SEA Games, I was moved because I was able to do what I was waiting for, Nguyen Ngoc Tram shared.
Evaluating this female player, Deputy Director of the People's Public Security Sports Training and Competition Center (Ministry of Public Security), Lieutenant Colonel Pham Hong Tham acknowledged that Ngoc Tram is one of the fighters who received basic training from the unit's Karate team to mature and develop their expertise with the current Vietnam Karate Team.
above all, we believe that athletes always maintain discipline in training, competition and achieve the best competitive mentality, said Ms. Pham Hong Tham.
When starting martial arts, Ngoc Tram's parents suspected that their daughter would have a hard time. All prejudices say that girls who have chosen to play sports are not easy. In particular, the daughter in martial arts is even more difficult.
"I told my father and mother that I was not in trouble because this was a passion and I could do it. After each stage, I became more mature and stoffer, so my parents understood that my choice was the right one, boxer Ngoc Tram recalled.
Now, the kata content of the Vietnam Karate Team is having certain successes in the Asian, Southeast Asian and SEA Games arenas. The young girl of the Vietnam Karate Team believes that she still has a lot to learn but never gives up her determination to strive for and achieve the best results.
"The teachers during the training process all instructed me with the best techniques and I learned a lot. I feel lucky to have been trained in a professional sports environment and karate gives me the strongest will. If I can choose Karate again, I will still choose Karate as a sport for me to pursue in my career as a professional athlete, said martial artist Nguyen Ngoc Tram.
Returning home after the 2025 Asian Karate Championship, the first thing Ngoc Tram did when she set foot in Vietnam was to call her relatives to celebrate because their support was a great motivation for her to complete all professional challenges.
