Nguyen Thi Le Dung and her male teammate, Vu Thanh An, will compete at the Moscow Sabre Grand Prix starting on May 27. (Photo: nld.vcmedia.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vu Thanh An♉ and Nguyen Thi Le Dung will represent Vietnam at the Moscow Saber Grand Prix on May 27-29.
World No 42 An will play against most of men’s fencing’s strongest athletes, including No 1 Yakimenko Alexey of Russia, No 2 Szilagyi Aron from Hungary and the Republic of Korea’s Kim Jung-hwan, No 3 in the men’s category.
Dung, No 45, will compete in the women’s category, which will also showcase the top three female players in the world – Olga Kharlan of Ukraine, Mariel Zagunis of the US, and Sofya Velikaya of Russia.
The Moscow event is the last Grand Prix international tournament before the main event of the four-year term – the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which will see both An and Dung join thousands of athletes in competing this summer.
Moscow Sabre is one of the oldest and most significant fencing tournaments in the world. It is more than forty years old.
Its winners’ list includes many renowned names. And the tournament is still one of the most prestigious events on the International Fencing Federation’s calendar, according to Alexander Mikhailov, President of the Russian Fencing Federation.
The Grand Prix will take place in Moscow at the sports complex Druzhba, on the banks of the Moscow river.-VNA
“Sabre queen” Nguyen Thi Le Dung won a ticket to the Rio Olympics on April 12 after her victory against Taiwanese fencer Tiffany Dell’Aquila in the sabre final of the Asia-Pacific zone qualification.
Gymnasts Phan Thi Ha Thanh and Pham Phuoc Hung have qualified to represent Vienam at the 2016 Olympic Games, following their performances at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Brazil.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Nguyen Thi Le Dung and her male teammate, Vu Thanh An, will compete at the Moscow Sabre Grand Prix starting on May 27. (Photo: nld.vcmedia.vn)
