Actively integrate
The Winter Olympics 2025 takes place from 7-14.2 in Harbin Cable (China), where there is extreme temperature (-21 degrees Celsius). The Vietnamese delegation has 3 members participating in the Winter Olympics 2025 are Duong Truong Lap athlete, coach Nguyen Vo Huu Vinh and Head of Ngo Quang Vinh. Duong Truong Lap competes with speed skating content with 3 distance of 500 m, 1,000 m and 1,500 m. “At the first time attending the 2017 Winter Olympics in Japan, Vietnam participated in 6 athletes. This time we attended the less quantity because of the age entangled. The scene of winter sports has no conditions to thrive in Vietnam. Vinh shared.

The Vietnamese delegation attended the winter Olympics
Duong Truong Lap Lap athlete at Harbin Cable (China)
Mr. Mai Ba Hung, Head of Vietnam Sports Delegation in Asia Winter Olympics 2017 in Sapporo (Japan), recalled in the first time participating, Vietnam faced many difficulties like skiing athletes to go to Mui Ne (Phan Thiet , Binh Thuan) practice sliding … sand, go to Roller to complement. “In addition, before the Asian Winter Olympics 2017, the Vietnamese athletes were fortunate to have a training trip in Korea. It was not possible to compete with high performance with rivals but the Vietnamese athletes showed their will to play resilient, no Whoever gave up. Must give up, “Mr. Mai Ba Hung said.
Development potential
Mr. Mai Ba Hung said that the Vietnamese skating federation was born in 2018, by 2021 to rename the skating and Roller VN federation by 2021, it was the necessary step to develop the movement of two relevant sports. each other. With skating, especially artistic skating, Vietnam has athletes from other subjects to turn to international training by their families. With speed skating, there are some athletes playing Roller to turn, integrate quickly and develop well. Duong Truong Lap athlete is also a typical case from Roller to speed skating and asserting talent.
“The advantage of skating is to play indoors, in Vietnam also have ice rinks in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi. These skating yards of the private sector, mainly exploiting services, is not qualified for national standards Sacrifice but Vietnamese athletes also take advantage to practice. Curling (Bi kicks on ice) … “, Mr. Mai Ba Hung said. Vietnam also needs to be proactive in socialization, international cooperation to develop new sports or winter sports as Ho Chi Minh City is doing with Teqball when cooperating with the Teqball Federation The world and positively supported the facilities. Or in the past, to have forces attending the 2017 Winter Olympics, Vietnam had positive support from Korea.
More opportunities for Vietnam to develop winter sports are Vietnamese -based athletes. There are currently many talented Vietnamese athletes who are pursuing winter sports ready to represent Vietnam to compete in international tournaments. Last year, the leadership of the Sports Department welcomed and worked with representatives of the Vietnamese Association in France, Italy, including cooperation in developing winter sports, creating conditions for talents abroad to contribute to dedication. For Vietnamese sports at the Olympics, Asian Winter Olympics as well as investing in developing these subjects in Vietnam.
Asian Winter Olympics 2025 is the 9th Congress of Winter Sports in Asia. At this meeting, there were 11 sports with 64 contents, attracting the participation of 1,275 athletes from 34 countries and territories. Southeast Asian countries participate in the 2025 Winter Olympics including Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.