Vietnamese sports actively prepare to attend the 3rd Asian Youth Games

On the afternoon of May 27, in Hanoi, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Sports and Physical Training Department Nguyen Hong Minh had a working session with specialized departments to review and promptly grasp the preparation work of 15 sports expected to compete at the 3rd Asian Youth Games taking place from October 19-31, 2015 in Bahrain.

Previously, according to information from the host country's Organizing Committee at the Heads of Delegation Meeting and Technical Session of the 2025 Asian Youth Games organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the 3rd Asian Youth Games will gather more than 2,000 athletes aged 14 to 17 from 45 Asian countries. Here, the participating delegations will compete in 21 sports, 26 disciplines and 207 events; the events will be held at iconic sports venues such as Khalifa Sports City, Bahrain International Circuit and Royal Golf Club...

It is known that the sports that will be competed at the 2025 Asian Youth Games include: Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Equestrian, Electronic Sports (E-sports), Indoor Football (Futsal), Golf, Handball, Judo, Jujitsu, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Road Cycling, Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Triathlon, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Kabaddi, Volleyball, Teqball.

Deputy Director of the Department of Sports and Physical Training Nguyen Hong Minh chaired the meeting.

This congress takes place less than a year after Uzbekistan withdrew its hosting rights. However, with determination and continuous efforts, Bahrain has quickly deployed preparations to ensure the best conditions for the event.

In order to have the best preparation, Vietnam Sports is urgently working on plans to prepare the most elite young athletes to compete. This is the quality successor team for Vietnam's top sports, contributing to concretizing the achievement goals at the continental and world arenas such as ASIAD and Olympics in the coming period. It is expected that the group of sports in which Vietnam will send athletes to compete will mainly focus on the group of sports in the Olympics and Asiad.

Mr. Hoang Quoc Vinh - Head of High Performance Sports Department reported on preparations for the Congress.

Listening to the report and discussing thoroughly the selection of athletes and performance targets in each sport expected to participate in this Congress, Deputy Director Nguyen Hong Minh affirmed: The Asian Youth Games is a major sporting event, very important, very meaningful for the development of high-performance sports in the country in the coming years. Because the athletes selected to compete are all young talented athletes. The Congress is both an opportunity to exchange and learn and an arena to affirm the level and position of Vietnamese sports.

If athletes achieve high results, specifically valuable medals, it will open up many opportunities and very good development directions for Vietnam's high-performance sports in the coming years. With that importance and significance, Deputy Director Nguyen Hong Minh suggested: The High-Performance Sports Department together with the sports expected to participate in the Games urgently review, conduct screening, and select the right and talented athletes, giving priority to sports with high potential to compete for medals, with good development potential, from there, have a specific plan for treatment in training, coaching, nutrition...

However, the identification and selection of athletes to invest in and enjoy the high benefits that have been issued must comply with regulations, avoid waste and dispersion; the sending of delegations must ensure efficiency and effectiveness. The Deputy Director further emphasized.

Overview of the working session

Also according to information from the meeting, coming to this Youth Sports Congress, in addition to using the state budget, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation may have some sports using socialized funding sources.

The last Asian Youth Games that Vietnam attended was in 2013 in China. At that time, the Vietnamese Sports Delegation participated with 101 athletes, won 5 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 2 bronze medals, ranking 11th overall.

Of which, 5 gold medals came from athletes: Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (Swimming, 3 gold medals), Ly Hoang Nam (Tennis, 1 gold medal), Nguyen Thi Truc Mai (Athletics, 1 gold medal).

In 2017 and 2021, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) had to cancel the Games due to the dangerous and complicated nature of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: https://bvhttdl.gov.vn/the-thao-viet-nam-tich-cuc-chuan-bi-tham-du-dai-hoi-the-thao-tre-chau-a-lan-thu-3-20250528091058791.htm