Being together in life suddenly makes you happy
The image of Vu Ngoc Anh's wife always present in the stands cheering in important tournaments is a regular thing that Vietnamese athletics people know about the small family of player Nguyen Trung Cuong. In his conversations, Trung Cuong said that love affair is the fate for the two to come together.
My wife is a taekwondo athlete. We are 2 people in 2 different sports, but the common point to make love is understanding, sharing and always accompanying each other," athlete Nguyen Trung Cuong once expressed. Now, Vu Ngoc Anh has stopped her athlete career. However, she always encourages her husband wholeheartedly in tournaments. At the 2025 National Athletics Championships, Vu Ngoc Anh did not mind the long distance to come to Da Nang to encourage her husband to compete to win valuable Gold Medals.
The most touching moment of athletics at SEA Games 31 held in 2022 at My Dinh National Stadium (Hanoi) was when the long jump champion Nguyen Tien Trong brought a ring to propose to his girlfriend Nguyen Thi Phuong Trinh. At that time, Tien Trong was a player of the Vietnamese athletics team and Phuong Trinh was a player of the Vietnamese sepak takraw team.
Both of them were mentioned the most at the SEA Games 31 with many emotions in Vietnam. Closing SEA Games 31, Tien Trong and Phuong Trinh became husband and wife. Recalling that moment, Tien Trong repeatedly expressed that he was truly happy to propose to the person he loved most at the national stadium. "I prepared that moment to have the most meaningful moment for both of us. It was really happy and happy when she (Phuong Trinh) nodded," athlete Nguyen Tien Trong recalled.
Celebrity stories
Vietnamese sports has witnessed many couples falling in love and getting married with a happy and fulfilling life after competition. Sports expert Nguyen Hong Minh (former Director of the High-Performance Sports Department 1, General Department of Sports and Physical Training) said: "In training science and sports science, we all know that emotion is one of the valuable catalysts to help athletes maintain a good spirit. When athletes are happy and psychologically comfortable, they will compete to achieve their goals and achievements. This is very positive.
Vietnamese sports village also witnessed many pairs of athletes with the same career accompanying each other. Examples include coaches Truong Minh Sang, Nguyen Thu Ha or the chess grandmaster couple Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Pham Le Thao Nguyen and the badminton player couple Nguyen Tien Minh, Vu Thi Trang.
Recently, Vietnamese sports has witnessed 2 famous swimmers Pham Thanh Bao and Vo Thi My Tien fall in love.
Thanh Bao and My Tien both practice and compete in swimming, so the common point they understand is professional companionship to help each other develop best. Athlete Vo Thi My Tien once expressed at the swimming pool at SEA Games 33 that she and her boyfriend Thanh Bao always respect each other. "We understand each other about the profession. Especially, when you have someone you love who is also an athlete in the same sport, it is also very easy to share," athlete Vo Thi My Tien cautiously shared.
With Vietnamese volleyball, 2 famous former players Tran Van Giap and Bui Thi Hue are considered the golden couple admired by many audiences. Now, both of them are coaches, continuing to accompany each other in professional training for players at the women's volleyball team in Hung Yen. Coach Tran Van Giap once said that one of the motivations for playing well and developing a coaching career when retiring is the encouragement and support of his wife.
