They will compete at the men’s and women’s singles at the global sporting event, which comprise of 38 players each.

Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh.

According to the rankings of players eligible for the Games, Minh is placed 32th while Linh stands at the 25th spot.

To date, Vietnam has secured 10 Olympic berths in swimming, boxing, gymnastics, archery, rowing, taekwondo, and badminton.

The Tokyo Games, which was delayed for one year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8, with a total of 339 sets of medals across 33 sports.

Vietnamese taekwondo in the hunt for 2020 Tokyo Olympic berths

Vietnam’s national taekwondo team will depart for Kazakhstan on April 8, marking the start of 80 days of overseas training and competition in a bid to secure places at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and prepare for other major goals in the future.

Vietnam security experts honoured at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020

Ngo Anh Huy and Do Quang Thanh, two experts from Viettel Cyber Security Company (Viettel Group), were honoured at the Pwn2Own Tokyo 2020 contest.

Vietnamese boxer secures Tokyo Olympics berth

Boxer Nguyen Van Duong has become the fifth Vietnamese athlete qualified for competing in the coming Tokyo Olympics this summer.

Source: NDO/VNA