'Tennis is a thriving mainstream alongside the vibrant Pickleball scene'

Pickleball is growing rapidly, but tennis is an Olympic sport that requires focused investment.

For many years, the Ho Chi Minh City Tennis Federation (HTF) has been one of the professional social organizations that has been operating quite steadily, one of 33 Sports Federations and Associations of Ho Chi Minh City that have developed well and have a solid foundation. In addition, through top sports achievements, a wide range of amateur players and together with the state doing a good job in training young and successor forces, the HTF's executive apparatus has always made many practical contributions, helping to create a strong position on the national sports map.

Quần vợt là chủ đạo phát triển mạnh bên cạnh dòng chảy sục sôi của Pickleball - Ảnh 1. — HTPF Executive Committee launched for the 2025-2030 term

Faced with the recent explosive growth of pickleball, the leaders of Ho Chi Minh City agreed to allow HTF to incorporate this new sport, gathering enthusiastic brothers, mostly businessmen, to form the Ho Chi Minh City Tennis - Pickleball Federation (HTPF). The aim is to continue to promote the movement and enrich the activities that support the two types of training. At the same time, there is a system of quality tournaments, creating a suitable source of income to not only maintain the vitality of both tennis and pickleball but also further improve the progress in breadth and depth, meeting the expectations of those who love these two sports.

Quần vợt là chủ đạo phát triển mạnh bên cạnh dòng chảy sục sôi của Pickleball - Ảnh 2. — Mr. Nguyen Nam Nhan, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City at the congress

Mr. Nguyen Nam Nhan, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, said at the congress that he hoped that the combination of tennis and pickleball would create a strong federation, because everyone saw that pickleball had developed too quickly and had great potential. This would certainly promote tennis to be more stable. However, Mr. Nam Nhan noted that tennis is still the main sport for development, included in the Olympic competition system, so the HTPF must pay special attention to tennis to maintain its role well.

The person in charge of Ho Chi Minh City sports emphasized maintaining the vitality of competitions such as pickleball, but tennis must be considered a key sport. There must be concentrated investment and more national and international tournaments must be organized so that the image of tennis always leaves an impression on fans. It is necessary to stimulate the passion for training, organize a good training system, build a dense and continuous competition system so that tennis players can improve their skills and contribute more to the activities of the federation.

Quần vợt là chủ đạo phát triển mạnh bên cạnh dòng chảy sục sôi của Pickleball - Ảnh 3. — Ms. Tran Thanh Hoang Ngan, General Secretary of HTPF

HTPF President for the 2025-2030 term Tran Manh Ut committed that the goals will be the focus that this organization is aiming for, such as preparing a good force and achieving the highest results at the 2026 National Sports Festival. In addition, HTPF must regularly train tennis and pickleball referee coaches, strengthen youth training, gradually bring pickleball into schools to expand the movement, and raise the level of teams and youth teams to achieve high rankings at annual national tournaments.

Quần vợt là chủ đạo phát triển mạnh bên cạnh dòng chảy sục sôi của Pickleball - Ảnh 4. — Mr. Tran Manh Ut (middle), Mr. Le Dinh Thang and Ms. Nguyen Thi Kieu My are the Chairmen and Vice Chairmen of HTPF.

The congress elected a new Executive Committee of 44 members. In addition to Mr. Tran Manh Ut as president, there were 10 vice presidents, including former head coach of the Vietnam tennis team Truong Quang Vu, Mr. Le Dinh Thang, former president of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Pickleball Association, Mr. Thai Tuan Kieu, former vice president of HTF, Ms. Nguyen Thi Kieu My, former general secretary of HTF. The new general secretary of HTPF was assumed by Ms. Tran Thanh Hoang Ngan. Also at the congress, HTPF donated 50 million VND to people affected by floods and natural disasters in the Central region.