Directions of the Prime Minister on Vietnamese sports
On March 18, at the Conference to summarize the work in 2024 and deploy key tasks in 2025 of the culture, sports and tourism sector chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Government leaders listened to the newspaper. Report summarizing the activities of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2024 and orientations and plans for 2025.
In particular, sports continues to be one of the key development goals. According to a report from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, high-achievement sports in 2024: 16 athletes won spots to attend the Olympics in Paris. Although they did not win a medal, the athletes and coaches tried their best to compete, and the performance parameters of most athletes improved such as rowing, shooting, archery, cycling…
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
As a result of international competitions in 2024, Vietnamese sports won a total of 1,214 international medals (including 482 gold medals, 360 silver medals, 372 bronze medals). Notably, for the first time, the women’s fusal team won the Southeast Asian championship; 16 athletes won spots to attend the Paris Olympics; In which athlete Trinh Thu Vinh has successfully completed the task with 2 finals in 2 events: 10 m air pistol and 25 m sports pistol (in which 10 m air pistol Trinh Thu Vinh ranked first). 4 Olympics); The women’s volleyball team won the world bronze medal for the first time and the Asian Volleyball Cup gold medal for the second time and many other outstanding achievements.
Directing at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that although the sports field has developed, there are still things worth pondering, including the fact that Vietnamese sports did not win a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. .
The Prime Minister emphasized that the culture, sports and tourism industries are a flexible bridge between the past and present. In particular, culture is the endogenous strength of the nation, sports is the health of the Vietnamese people, and tourism is the promotion and inspiration of the country and people of Vietnam to international friends.
Therefore, the development of culture, sports and tourism needs a close connection, as well as specific policies to mobilize Vietnamese human resources and intelligence.
Trinh Thu Vinh reached the top 4 of the Paris Olympics in the women’s 10m air pistol event
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also directed: the development of mass sports needs to be broad, while the development of high-performance sports needs to be in-depth. This is the orientation that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will adopt in drafting plans for 2025, with a focus on the 33rd SEA Games taking place late next year in Thailand.
Limitations of Vietnamese sports
Reporting to the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism affirms that high-performance sports has made progress, gradually affirming its position in the region and approaching the sports level of the continent and the world. However, the development of high-performance sports in Vietnam compared to other countries in the continent and the world is facing major challenges that require innovation in thinking and methods.
At the Paris Olympics, although the performance parameters of most athletes improved, the results showed that the selection and training of key athletes to compete for medals at the world level did not meet the set requirements. , the achievements of Vietnamese athletes are still relatively far away from the achievements of the continent and the world.
In addition, the management of athlete training is not strict, there are still some loopholes that need to be overcome, causing bad public opinion and affecting the reputation and image of Vietnamese sports.
In 2025, Vietnamese sports need a reasonable strategy to achieve good results at the SEA Games, while taking advantage of the SEA Games as a springboard to invest in ASIAD and the Olympics, which are sports arenas that Vietnam needs to remember. make a stronger impression, avoiding the situation where, because of focusing efforts on the region, there is not a good enough investment for athletes to look to Asia and the world.
