The Vietnamese shooting team is expected to send top shooters, including Trinh Thu Vinh, to participate in the 2026 World Championships in Doha (Qatar) in November this year.
Notably, the competition program of the 2026 World Championships is a tournament that the International Federation of Shooting Associations (ISSF) calculates the results for consideration for Olympic slots in 2028.
The 2026 World Championships is also the first international program that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is considering for the 2028 Olympic slots for shooting. According to the plan, ISSF will host the tournament from November 1st to 15th.
With the competition system for Asia, the 2027 Asian Handgun Championships and the 2027 Asian Rifle and Handgun Championships (December 2027) will be the 2 earliest competition programs in the continent to calculate athlete results to award Olympic slots for 2028.
The Vietnamese shooting team aims for important tasks to find official slots to compete in the 2028 Olympics.
At the 2024 Olympics in France, the Vietnamese shooting team won 2 official competition slots: Trinh Thu Vinh (shorts) and Le Thi Mong Tuyen (sprint rifle). Trinh Thu Vinh had the best result of ranking 4th in the women's 10m air pistol event at the 2024 Olympics.
Trinh Thu Vinh is the number 1 shooter of the Vietnamese shooting team at SEA Games 33 when she won 4 gold medals, breaking 3 SEA Games records.
In early February, Trinh Thu Vinh and Le Thi Mong Tuyen will participate with the Vietnamese shooting team in the 2026 Asian Rifle and Handgun Championship in India.
