Surpassing his seniors Huy Hoang and Hung Nguyen
This year, Nguyen Quoc is 17 years old and all eyes are on the male athlete of Da Nang when this swimmer defeated many famous seniors such as Nguyen Huy Hoang, Tran Hung Nguyen or Hoang Quy Phuoc.
We consider this to be one of the athletes in competition with good results for Vietnamese men's swimming in the Southeast Asian arena in the near future. Previously, Da Nang swimming revealed that Hoang Quy Phuoc had achieved many good results and left his mark for Vietnamese swimming, but now, Nguyen Quoc is completely capable of surpassing his seniors. However, everyone needs to invest in proper training, said a representative of the professional department of the Vietnam Association of Water Sports (Vasa) when witnessing the young face of Tran Van Nguyen Quoc competing.
Tran Van Nguyen Quoc has appeared in many domestic youth tournaments before. However, the 2025 National Swimming Championship for 25m short subjects recognized this young man's breakthrough.
In the men's 200m freestyle distance, Nguyen Quoc defeated a series of national athletes such as Nguyen Huy Hoang, Ngo Dinh Chuyen, Tran Hung Nguyen, Do Ngoc Vinh, Hoang Quy Phuoc to win the Gold Medal.
Then in the men's 50m freestyle event, Nguyen Quoc also defeated Luong Jeremie Loic Nino, Tran Hung Nguyen, Hoang Quy Phuoc to finish first. Nguyen Quoc also won silver medals in the men's 100m freestyle and men's 400m freestyle.
Deputy Director of the Da Nang Athletes Training Center - Mr. Tran Do Quang once discussed that Tran Van Nguyen Quoc is a promising athlete and will certainly be fully invested in to be a bright spot for Da Nang sports in the future.
Still needing proper investment
In theory, the Vietnam Swimming Team is always a place that gathers the athletes with the best expertise. Live on the swimming pool in Thua Thien - Hue of the recent tournament, expert Gustavo (Brazil) of the Vietnam Swimming Team and the coaching staff carefully monitored each player's performance on the green race. Tran Van Nguyen Quoc is a player who was called up to the Vietnam national swimming team in 2025 at a training site in Da Nang. Therefore, the players are being trained with the best conditions.
In addition to this face, some other young factors that achieved attention at the tournament in Thua Thien - Hue such as Nguyen Kha Nhi (17 years old, Ho Chi Minh City), Le Quynh Nhu (17 years old, Dong Nai), Nguyen Ngoc Tuyet Han (16 years old, Dong Thap), Trinh Truong Vinh (17 years old, Ho Chi Minh City)...
From time to time, Vietnamese water sports have discovered many young athletes with potential expertise to include in professional training. However, many cases have been "oppressed" leading to poor performance when they are adults.
For a time, swimmer Nguyen Diep Phuong Tram (Ho Chi Minh City) was a bright spot athlete with high expectations. She was trained in the US and received a long-term investment program. However, Phuong Tram could not surpass the threshold to be superior. Now, Phuong Tram has regained her most stable psychological state and is competing in domestic tournaments.
Phuong Tram participated in the tournament in Thua Thien - Hue this time and won many Gold Medal results. However, this former national team player is 24 years old, so it is almost difficult to make a better breakthrough to compete with Vietnam's opponents in Southeast Asia. Phuong Tram is still a typical example of why managers need to build a systematic training roadmap after finding suitable people, avoiding burning the stage for results.
Athletes Nguyen Huy Hoang, Tran Hung Nguyen, Pham Thanh Bao, Vo Thi My Tien and Luong Jeremie Loic Nino are currently the faces with the best achievements of the Vietnam Swimming Team in the international arena. They are all over 20 years old. In swimming, the highest stage of performance development is usually from 17 to 20 years old. Currently, Vietnam has a number of athletes at this age with great potential, but need to be well trained to develop optimally.
