Led by Nguyen Hong Minh, Deputy General Director of theMinistry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Vietnam Sports Administration, thedelegation consists of 164 members, including 122 athletes.
The Vietnamese athletes will compete in eight outof 13 sports at the tournament, namely track-and-field, swimming,weightlifting, badminton, table tennis, chess, judo, and boccia.
On the same day afternoon, the administration also hosted a ceremony at Tan Son Nhat InternationalAirport in Ho Chi Minh City to send off athletes from the southern and centralregions to the event.
Vietnam is set to win 50-55 gold medals and namedamong the top four countries in the medal tally at the event.
So far, more than 2,600 athletes withdisabilities have registered to compete at ASEAN Para Games 12.
At the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Jakarta,Indonesia, last year, Vietnam claimed 183 medals, including 65 golds, 62silvers and 56 bronzes, ranking third on the medal tally./.