After a long period of hiding, focusing on coaching, Nguyen Thanh Nam - a big name in the Vietnamese billiards community, "Coach of champions" decided to return. The player who has been the coach of the Vietnamese billiards team for many years returned to compete in the second qualifying round of the 2025 World 10-ball Pool Championship, taking place from May 15-19 in Hanoi .

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Nguyen Thanh Nam, a big name in Vietnamese billiards, reappears and participates in many prominent events.

In particular, together with the rising young player An Nhiet, Nguyen Thanh Nam is the coach who directly leads and trains the 8 best players of the Northern Region Pool 9-Ball Club Championship Finals - Sting Cup x VBSF 2025 in the professional Men's Pool 9-Ball training course.

With the scale of the largest amateur tournament in the history of Pool 9-ball billiards in Vietnam organized by the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation (VBSF), the 3-month tournament is expected to attract nearly 1,000 players to compete. Starting from mid-May, nearly 1,000 amateur players will compete at 24 large and prestigious billiards clubs in Hanoi and Hai Phong to select the 48 best players to enter the final round. The final round will be held from August 1 to 3 in Hanoi.

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Rising player An Nhiet "teaches class" with "Coach of Champions" Nguyen Thanh Nam

The total prize value of the tournament is up to 350 million VND, of which the champion at the final round will receive 50 million VND. VBSF Vice President Nguyen Quoc Hung emphasized that through the tournament, VBSF wants to build a widespread grassroots competition platform, creating conditions for players to develop their talents, bringing Vietnamese billiards to the regional and international level.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tuong-dai-billiards-viet-nam-tai-xuat-2399406.html