Nguyen Ngoc Hiep of Viet Nam entered the long jump final at the ongoing
International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in
Doha, Qatar.
Weightlifter Le Van Cong broke the world record at the 2015
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting Asian Open
Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan on Sunday.
The National Sports Administration will invest VND3.8 billion
(US$180,000) to train 11 Vietnamese disabled athletes to help them earn
cards for competing in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil.
Viet Nam claimed a haul of one gold, one silver and one bronze after a
strong showing from the swimmers at the Asian Youth Paralympic Games
which ended in Malaysia yesterday.
Swimmer Nguyen Thanh Trung will have his sights
firmly fixed on a Paralympic berth at the British International
Disability Swimming Championships that starts in Sheffield City today.
