Despite difficulties, the Vietnamese shooting team is determined to repeat its achievement of 7 gold medals.

TPO - Despite the difficulties at SEA Games 33, the Vietnamese shooting team still showed great determination, aiming to win 7 gold medals, similar to the achievement at SEA Games 31.

Despite many challenges, at the 33rd SEA Games, Vietnamese sports expect to win 100 gold medals, entering the top 3 of the delegation. In which, shooting is the key event to win medals.

To best prepare athletes, the Vietnam Sports Administration has coordinated with units such as the Army, Police... to support and ensure training equipment such as bullets and guns, with each key athlete equipped with 3 guns.

According to Mr. Nghiem Viet Hung, head coach of the Vietnamese shooting team, the target that the coaching board registered for the sport is from 5 to 7 gold medals at the 33rd SEA Games.

7 Gold medals are the achievements of the Vietnamese shooting team at the 31st SEA Games held at home in 2022. The 32nd SEA Games in 2023 in Cambodia will not have a shooting event.

One difficulty for the Vietnamese shooting team is that at the 33rd SEA Games, the Organizing Committee cut many of Vietnam's strong events, including the men's 50m pistol and air rifle.

However, the Vietnamese shooting team still showed great determination and practiced hard at the National Sports Training Center.

The Vietnamese shooting team will compete in 21 out of 22 events of the 33rd SEA Games. 20/22 events are in the competition program of the International Olympic Committee.

Shooter Pham Quang Huy is the golden hope of Vietnamese shooting. He is the champion of the 19th Asian Games in the men's 10m air pistol event, also the first gold medal of Vietnamese shooting at the Asian Games arena. In 2022, at the 31st SEA Games, Quang Huy contributed to the gold medal in the men's 10m air pistol team event.

In 2025, at the 2025 Asian Shooting Championship, Quang Huy won the Gold Medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event with Trinh Thu Vinh.

Trinh Thu Vinh is another hope. At the 2024 Olympics, Thu Vinh will become the first Vietnamese shooter after Hoang Xuan Vinh to reach the finals at an Olympics.

At the 2025 Asian Shooting Championship in Kazakhstan, she won a Bronze medal in the women's 25m sport pistol event. Recently, Thu Vinh brought home a Gold medal for the Vietnam People's Public Security Sports Delegation at the 2025 World Police and Fire Congress.

According to plan, the male and female pistol teams of the Vietnamese shooting team will go to Korea for training from November 22 to December 2, while the male and female rifle and flying saucer teams will train in Thailand from November 30.

The Vietnamese shooting team is expected to arrive in Thailand from December 8 and compete at the 33rd SEA Games with 23 shooters, 5 coaches and 1 Korean expert.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/bat-chap-kho-khan-doi-tuyen-ban-sung-viet-nam-quyet-tam-tai-lap-thanh-tich-7-huy-chuong-vang-post1797905.tpo