Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh (Photo VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam will striveto win 4-5 gold medals at the Asian Games (ASIAD 2018) to be held in Indonesiafrom August 18 to September 2.
Meeting with outstanding coaches and athletes inHanoi on February 10 on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet),Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien hoped the athleteswill build on their achievements in 2017 and reap more medals in 2018 and thefollowing years.
He highlighted Vietnam’s notable sport outcomesover the past few years, including the first ever gold medal of shooter HoangXuan Vinh at the Olympic Rio 2016, Vietnam’s gaining an official ticket to theFutsal World Cup 2016, and the outstanding performance of Vietnamesetrack-and-field team to rank first at the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games29) in Malaysia.
The minister hoped the Vietnamese sport sectorwill stand in the top list of the Southeast Asian region. Looking further to theOlympic Tokyo 2020, the sector should aim to maintain its achievement of onegold and one silver medal at Rio, he said.
According to the Vietnam Sports Administration, Vietnameseathletes won 425 gold, 301 silver and 319 bronze medals in 2017. Particularly, Vietnam ranked thirdwith 58 gold, 50 silver and 60 bronze medals at the SEA Games 29 in Malaysia onAugust 19-31. Track-and-field athletes won big with 17 gold medals while swimmers claimed 10 gold medals.-VNA
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