On September 11, the Director of the Vietnam Department of Physical Education and Sports worked with the Vietnam Paralympic Committee on preparing forces to participate in the 5th Asian Para Games (ASIAN Para Games 2026) and Le Van Cong is the face who continues to have a spot to compete.
The Vietnamese disabled sports delegation is expected to be established with 35 members, including 21 athletes participating in 6 sports: weightlifting, swimming, athletics, badminton, table tennis.
The Vietnamese disabled sports delegation is expected to assign the task of holding the flag at the opening ceremony to bodybuilder Le Van Cong.
Currently, disabled athletes participating in the 2026 ASIAN Para Games are training in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vietnam Department of Physical Education and Sports will organize a meeting to encourage members of the Vietnamese disabled sports delegation to Japan to compete in Ho Chi Minh City.
This year, the 2026 ASIAN Para Games will host 18 sports from October 12 to October 24.
The competition program takes place in Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) immediately after ASIAD 20 closes.
The Vietnamese sports delegation aims to win a gold medal at the 2026 ASIAN Para Games.
At the 4th ASIAN Para Games held in 2023 in Hangzhou (China), we had 1 gold medal, 10 silver medals, and 9 bronze medals.
Bodybuilder Le Van Cong won a bronze medal in the 49kg weight class at ASIAN Para Games 4.
At that time, the gold medal belonged to disabled swimmer Le Tien Dat (men's 100m breaststroke event, SB5 disability class).
