Vietnam National Games
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| Abbreviation | ĐHTDTTTQ (1985–2014) ĐHTTTQ (2018–present) |
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| First event | Hanoi in 1985 |
| Occur every | Five years (1985–1995) Four years (2002–present) |
| Headquarters | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Director | Nguyễn Danh Hoàng Việt |
| Vietnam National Games | |
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| Debut | 1985 in Hanoi |
| Current | 2022 in Quảng Ninh |
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The Vietnam National Games (Vietnamese: Đại hội Thể thao toàn quốc, lit. 'National Sports Games') is a major national multi-sport event normally held in Vietnam once every four years (previously once held every five years from 1985 to 1995), organised by the Sports Authority of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Cục Thể Dục thể thao Việt Nam, lit. 'Vietnam Department of Physical Education and Sports'). The inaugural Games took place in 1985 in Hanoi,[1] and the most recent was held in 2022 in Quảng Ninh.
Almost every sports delegations representing provinces, cities, ministries, and sectors that have participated in the Games throughout history have won at least one medal in every edition, except for four delegations: Hà Tuyên, Nam Hà, Nghĩa Bình và Thuận Hải, which have never won any medals; these were all former provinces that have now been dissolved, forming eight successor administrative units: Hà Giang and Tuyên Quang (separated from Hà Tuyên), Nam Định and Hà Nam (separated from Nam Hà), Quảng Ngãi and Bình Định (separated from Nghĩa Bình), Bình Thuận and Ninh Thuận (separated from Thuận Hải). After becoming independent, these provinces continued to send athletes to participate as separate sports delegations, and it was from this point that they began to achieve their first significant successes.
The Games have been held in 5 provinces & cities: five times in Hanoi (1985, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2018), and once each in Đà Nẵng (2010), Nam Định (now Ninh Bình) (2014), Quảng Ninh (2022), and Ho Chi Minh City (2006).
Hanoi hosted five times, while four provinces & cities have each hosted once: Ho Chi Minh City will host the games for the second time in 2026.[2] Hanoi leads the all time medal count for the Vietnam National Games, and has topped the medal table on 6 separate occasions.[3]
Hosting
Hanoi has hosted the Vietnam National Games five times in 1985, 1990, 1995, 2002 and 2018.[4]
The other provinces & cities to have hosted the Vietnam National Games are Đà Nẵng, Nam Định (now Ninh Bình), Quảng Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City. with provinces & cities having hosted only one occasion. The 10th Vietnam National Games in Ho Chi Minh City will mark the second time on which the Vietnam National Games have been hosted.[5]
History
The National Games were held every 5 years from 1985 to 1995, with the first National Games occurred in Hanoi, the games were held every five years (for three times), then it paused for almost a decade. It wasn't until 2002 that the next National Games, the 4th National Games, was held and since then the National Games has been held regularly every four years until the present.[1]
Future Games
The 10th National Games will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, making it the second city after Hanoi to host the National Games two times.[5]
Sports
There has been a total of 60 sports in the National Games, with many of them are Summer Olympics, Asian Games, and the SEA Games.
- Archery ()
- Shooting ()
- Curling ()
- Pétanque ()
- Bowling ()
- Table tennis ()
- Volleyball ()
- Beach volleyball
- Volleyball
- Football
- Handball
- Handball ()
- Beach handball ()
- Basketball ()
- Canoeing ()
- Badminton ()
- Sepak takraw ()
- Rowing ()
- Chess ()
- Weightlifting ()
- Fencing ()
- Stick pushing ()
- Athletics ()
- Golf ()
- Triathlon ()
- Judo ()
- Jujutsu ()
- Karate ()
- Tug of war ()
- Ballroom dance ()
- Kickboxing ()
- Kurash ()
- Lion dance ()
- Muaythai ()
- Pencak silat ()
- Tennis ()
- Boxing ()
- Taekwondo ()
- Gymnastics ()
- Artistic Gymnastics
- Aerobics
- Bodybuilding ()
- Water sports
- Swimming ()
- Diving ()
- Scuba diving ()
- Wrestling ()
- Greco-Roman wrestling ()
- Vovinam ()
- Martial arts ()
- Wushu ()
- Cycling ()
- Terrian
- Road
All-time medal table
Notes:
- All medal achievements listed below are based only on the statistics up to the end of the 2018 Vietnam National Games.
- The three-code abbreviation for the names of participating sports delegations only began to be used on the system starting from the 2022 Vietnam National Games, so sports delegations that ceased to exist before that time will not have an abbreviation.
status after the 2022 Vietnam National Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanoi (HNO) | 841 | 594 | 614 | 2,049 |
| 2 | Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) | 738 | 597 | 550 | 1,885 |
| 3 | Quân đội* (QD) | 345 | 334 | 436 | 1,115 |
| 4 | Haiphong (HPG) | 167 | 145 | 210 | 522 |
| 5 | Thanh Hóa (THA) | 147 | 133 | 161 | 441 |
| 6 | Công an Nhân dân* (BCA) | 109 | 120 | 175 | 404 |
| 7 | Đà Nẵng (DNG) | 94 | 103 | 158 | 355 |
| 8 | An Giang (AGI) | 79 | 113 | 114 | 306 |
| 9 | Đồng Tháp (DTP) | 71 | 54 | 90 | 215 |
| 10 | Hải Dương^ (HDU) | 69 | 89 | 116 | 274 |
| 11 | Khánh Hòa (KHA) | 53 | 48 | 91 | 192 |
| 12 | Quảng Ninh (QNH) | 50 | 58 | 88 | 196 |
| 13 | Đồng Nai (DNA) | 46 | 49 | 100 | 195 |
| 14 | Nghệ An (NAN) | 43 | 41 | 95 | 179 |
| 15 | Cần Thơ (CTH) | 39 | 48 | 70 | 157 |
| 16 | Vĩnh Long (VLG) | 34 | 39 | 48 | 121 |
| 17 | Hà Tây^ | 33 | 46 | 58 | 137 |
| 18 | Bắc Giang^ (BGI) | 33 | 32 | 45 | 110 |
| 19 | Thái Nguyên (TNG) | 30 | 54 | 81 | 165 |
| 20 | Bình Dương^ (BDU) | 30 | 53 | 98 | 181 |
| 21 | Vĩnh Phúc^ (VPH) | 30 | 32 | 50 | 112 |
| 22 | Sóc Trăng^ (STG) | 29 | 44 | 92 | 165 |
| 23 | Thái Bình^ (TBH) | 29 | 41 | 44 | 114 |
| 24 | Bình Định^ (BDI) | 28 | 40 | 49 | 117 |
| 25 | Quảng Bình^ (QBI) | 27 | 43 | 31 | 101 |
| 26 | Bình Thuận^ (BTN) | 27 | 26 | 57 | 110 |
| 27 | Nam Định^ (NDH) | 27 | 25 | 21 | 73 |
| 28 | Bến Tre^ (BTR) | 26 | 24 | 35 | 85 |
| 29 | Đắk Lắk (DLA) | 23 | 18 | 46 | 87 |
| 30 | Ninh Bình (NBI) | 22 | 20 | 33 | 75 |
| 31 | Bắc Ninh (BNI) | 19 | 35 | 57 | 111 |
| 32 | Quảng Nam^ (QNA) | 19 | 19 | 34 | 72 |
| 33 | Kiên Giang^ (KGI) | 19 | 14 | 30 | 63 |
| 34 | Hà Tĩnh (HTI) | 18 | 21 | 42 | 81 |
| 35 | Quảng Ngãi (QNG) | 17 | 10 | 44 | 71 |
| 36 | Tiền Giang^ (TGG) | 16 | 31 | 48 | 95 |
| 37 | Huế (HUE) | 15 | 29 | 60 | 104 |
| 38 | Bình Phước^ (BPC) | 15 | 22 | 38 | 75 |
| 39 | Quảng Trị (QTR) | 15 | 17 | 16 | 48 |
| 40 | Hưng Yên (HYE) | 14 | 26 | 49 | 89 |
| 41 | Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu^ (VTB) | 14 | 24 | 73 | 111 |
| 42 | Long An^ (LAN) | 13 | 45 | 59 | 117 |
| 43 | Tây Ninh (TNI) | 12 | 17 | 28 | 57 |
| 44 | Hòa Bình^ (HBI) | 12 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 45 | Phú Thọ (PTH) | 11 | 28 | 61 | 100 |
| 46 | Trà Vinh^ (TVH) | 11 | 12 | 33 | 56 |
| 47 | Hải Hưng^ | 10 | 16 | 15 | 41 |
| 48 | Hà Nam^ (HNA) | 9 | 18 | 11 | 38 |
| 49 | Gia Lai (GLA) | 9 | 16 | 20 | 45 |
| 50 | Sơn La (SLA) | 7 | 12 | 9 | 28 |
| 51 | Bạc Liêu^ (BLI) | 6 | 14 | 15 | 35 |
| 52 | Yên Bái^ (YBA) | 6 | 13 | 19 | 38 |
| 53 | Lào Cai (LCI) | 6 | 12 | 19 | 37 |
| 54 | Cà Mau (CMU) | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| 55 | Hậu Giang^ (HAG) | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 56 | Điện Biên (DBI) | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 57 | Lâm Đồng (LDG) | 5 | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| 58 | Hà Bắc^ | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 59 | Hà Sơn Bình^ | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 60 | Tuyên Quang (TQU) | 4 | 10 | 18 | 32 |
| 61 | Lạng Sơn (LSN) | 4 | 8 | 27 | 39 |
| 62 | Đắk Nông^ (DKN) | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| 63 | Phú Khánh^ | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 64 | Quảng Nam – Đà Nẵng^ | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 |
| 65 | Bắc Kạn^ (BKA) | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 66 | Ministry of Education and Training*^ | 2 | 5 | 16 | 23 |
| 67 | Hà Nam Ninh^ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 68 | Hoàng Liên Sơn^ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 69 | Lai Châu (LCA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 70 | Phú Yên^ (PYE) | 1 | 7 | 20 | 28 |
| 71 | Kon Tum^ (KTU) | 1 | 6 | 26 | 33 |
| 72 | Cao Bằng (CBA) | 1 | 6 | 14 | 21 |
| 73 | Bình Trị Thiên^ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 74 | Hà Giang^ (HGI) | 1 | 3 | 18 | 22 |
| 75 | Ninh Thuận^ (NTH) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
| 76 | Nghệ Tĩnh^ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 77 | Sông Bé^ | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| University Sports Association^ | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 79 | Minh Hải^ | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 80 | Vĩnh Phú^ | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 81 | Cửu Long^ | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 82 | Bắc Thái^ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 83 | Vũng Tàu – Côn Đảo^ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 84 | Hà Tuyên^ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nam Hà^ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nghĩa Bình^ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thuận Hải^ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals (87 entries) | 3,678 | 3,643 | 4,924 | 12,245 | |
Medal leaders by year
| Vietnam National Games medal table leaders by year |
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Number of occurrences
| Rank | City/Province | Number of games |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanoi | 6 times |
| 2 | Ho Chi Minh City | 3 times |
List of Vietnam National Games
| Edition | No. | Host | Games dates | Sports (Disciplines) |
Competitors | Events | Delegation(s) | Top delegation(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | ||||||||
| 1985 | I | Hanoi | 22–25 September 1985 | 15 | 1,233 | 845 | 388 | 125 | 27 | Ho Chi Minh City |
| 1990 | II | Hanoi | 2–9 September 1990 | 18 | 1,453 | 845 | 388 | 125 | 46 | Ho Chi Minh City |
| 1995 | III | Hanoi | 17–24 September 1995 | 26 | 3,751 | 2,649 | 1,102 | 167 | 56 | Ho Chi Minh City |
| 2002 | IV | Hanoi | 14–22 November 2002 | 30 | 6,084 | Unknown | Unknown | 533 | 64 | Hanoi |
| 2006 | V | Ho Chi Minh City | 16–24 September 2006 | 53 | 7,982 | Unknown | Unknown | 677 | 66 | Hanoi |
| 2010 | VI | Da Nang | 25 December 2010 – 5 January 2011 | 60 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 901 | 66 | Hanoi |
| 2014 | VII | Nam Định | 6–16 December 2014 | 36 | 7,424 | Unknown | Unknown | 741 | 65 | Hanoi |
| 2018 | VIII | Hanoi | 15 November – 10 December 2018 | 36 | 7,564 | 4,376 | 3,188 | 743 | 65 | Hanoi |
| 2022 | IX | Quảng Ninh | 16–24 September 2022 | 53 | 9,464 | 5,578 | 3,886 | 941 | 65 | Hanoi |
| 2026[2] | X | Ho Chi Minh City | 20 November – 12 December 2026 | 48 | TBA | TBA | TBA | 973 | TBA | TBA |
Notes
References
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