Football, volleyball are expected
In the 2026 task deployment report of the High-Performance Sports Department (Department of Physical Education and Sports of Vietnam), the task of competing to achieve ASIAD 20 achievements is identified as the focus. In which, the group of football sports (collective sports) has many important achievement tasks.
Three years ago at ASIAD 19 held in 2023 in China, among the sports that Vietnamese sports participated in, many sports belonging to the group of sports (collective sports) that we registered to compete in included football, volleyball, table tennis, tennis, badminton, golf... In fact, Vietnamese sports have not won medals in the above sports.
However, we still recorded some promising achievements such as the Vietnamese women's volleyball team reaching the semi-finals, ranking 4th at ASIAD 19, and men's and women's table tennis players reaching the quarterfinals of the ASIAD 19 team event.
Representatives of the High-Performance Sports Department (Department of Physical Education and Sports of Vietnam) commented: "The opportunity to win medals when ASIAD 20 has not yet taken place is evenly divided among countries. Vietnamese sports identify key sports and events to focus on winning achievements. We must clearly understand our opponents and forces to have a chance of success.
In history, the national sports teams in the group of football (table tennis, football, volleyball, tennis, badminton, golf...) of Vietnam have never won ASIAD medals. However, with the preparation at the present time, everyone still continues to expect to achieve results at ASIAD 20 in September this year in Japan.
Star decides achievement
Mr. Tran Duc Phan - former Deputy Director General of the General Department of Sports and Physical Training - analyzed: "The ASIAD arena is always a difference in competition for achievements. All top Asian athletes participate, so Vietnamese sports must make great efforts to achieve medal achievements here.
According to the regulations of the ASIAD 20 Organizing Committee, June this year is the time to determine the official force of the participating sports delegations. Vietnamese sports is carefully reviewing each content of each sports team to complete registration. Our sports are not lacking faces who are in high form in the above-mentioned sports such as Nguyen Dinh Bac (football), Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (volleyball), Nguyen Thuy Linh (badminton), Nguyen Anh Minh (golf), Nguyen Khoa Dieu Khanh, Nguyen Anh Tu (table tennis), Vu Ha Minh Duc (tennis)... However, experts understand that Vietnamese athletes are not completely outstanding in the Asian arena. However, they are always the leader, a spiritual support for their teammates to compete. At this time, player Dinh Bac is the one who inspires football competition, so the opportunity to participate in ASIAD 20 is definitely promising.
Main attacker Tran Thi Thanh Thuy also maintains the role of captain of the Vietnamese women's volleyball team. She shows professional awareness, a desire to contribute and play her best every time she takes the field. Therefore, Thanh Thuy's spirit brings excitement to her teammates. The golf department (Department of Physical Education and Sports of Vietnam) and the Vietnam Golf Association are currently implementing a plan to send the best athletes to participate in ASIAD 20. Golfer Nguyen Anh Minh is studying and competing in golf in the US, so this male player is expected to have the best results for Vietnamese golf at ASIAD 20.
ASIAD 20 is held in Japan from September 19 to October 4 with 460 official events of 42 sports (61 sports, sub-sports).
