Vietnamese weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh clinched a coveted spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a dominant performance at the ongoing 2024 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup in Thailand.

Lai Gia Thanh won the first title for Vietnam at the International Weightlifting Federation World Cup on April 1 in Phuket, Thailand.

Weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh of Vietnam won a bronze in the men's 61kg category at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championship on February 4 in Uzbekistan, helping him earn more points for his Olympic place.

Vietnam earned nine gold medals from the Asian Weightlifting Championship which is ongoing in Manama, Bahrain.

Tran Le Quoc Toan was the only Vietnamese athlete to bag a medal at the London Games in 2012.

Female weightlifter Hoang Thi Duyen was not able to win a medal in the women's weightlifting competition under 59 kg in the competition on July 27 at the Olympic Tokyo 2020.

Thach Kim Tuan, Vietnam’s medal hope in men’s weightlifting event at Olympic Tokyo 2020, has failed to perform at his best on July 25.

Vietnam’s weightlifting team has lost one of its three berths at the coming Olympics due to previous doping violations.

At the Hanoi-based National Sports Training Centre, weightlifter Hoang Thi Duyen is training hard to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics next year.

 Security forces were called to the Olympic weightlifting arena on Tuesday after Iranian coaches reacted furiously when Georgia's Lasha Talakhadze beat Behdad 'Salimi' Salimikordasiabi with a world record tally in the men's super-heavyweights.

 Vietnamese weightlifter Nguyen Binh An set a new Asian record of 179kg for the men’s 54kg category at the ongoing second Asian Para Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on October 20, securing the 4th gold medal for the Vietnamese team.

 Thach Kim Tuan is Vietnam's top hope for the men's 56kg category at the upcoming 17th Asian Games in the Republic of Korea, following an impressive performance at the recent Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Russia.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thach Kim Tuan is Viet Nam's top hope for the men's 56kg category at the upcoming 17th Asian Games in South Korea, following an impressive performance at the recent Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Russia.

 Hung Vuong An Giang have said goodbye to four players with two games still remaining in the V-League.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Quoc Toan, who ranked fourth at the 2012 Olympics, may miss the 2014 Asian Games because of knee injuries.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Singapore, host of the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, have dropped women's football from the competition, which is scheduled for June next year.

Despite the rules of the SEA Games that allows the participating countries to register two weightlifters for a weight category, the host country of the 27th SEA Games – Myanmar – has issued its own rules that only one weightlifter can compete.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has claimed 15 gold medals at the Asian Youth ParaGames after four days of competing in Malaysia.

 Vietnamese weightlifting ace Thach Kim Tuan yesterdat won three bronze medals in his favourite 56kg event at the World Weightlifting Championship, which is taking place in Wroclaw, Poland.