The 18-year-old martial artist defeated N. Penpisut of Thailand in the final of the women’s kumite 55kg in the U21 championship. Earlier, she won against rivals from the United Arab Emirates and Iran.

Hoang Thi My Tam poses with her gold medal.

The 2021 Asian Karate Championships are the 17th edition of the Senior Asian Karate Championship and 19th edition of the Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships, with the participation of nearly 500 competitors from 23 countries and territories.

Vietnam sent nine karate athletes to the event, which runs until December 22.

Algerian tournament promotes Vietnamese martial art

The final round of the 17th national Vovinam championships of Algeria took place in Algiers on January 18.

Coach Au Van Nam inspires passion for martial art

(BGO) – 2019 marked a successful year of the martial art in Hiep Hoa district, Bac Giang province with 14 medals and second ranking (only after Tan Yen sport delegation) at the provincial martial art championship. The achievement was greatly contributed by coach Au Van Nam (born in 1980).  

Vietnam’s top badminton players to compete in world championship

Top Vietnamese badminton players Nguyen Tien Minh, Nguyen Thuy Linh and Vu Thi Trang are set to play 2021 BWF World Championships in December.

Vietnamese player wins gold in Asian youth chess tournament

Nguyen Linh Dan has won the gold medal in the U14 event at the 2021 Asian Youth Online Chess Championship.

Vietnamese footballer wins AFC’s player of the month title

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has been named as player of October during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s voting in the third round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the AFC said on October 17.

Source: NDO/VNA