Olympic gold medal shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh may miss his chance to defend his title in Tokyo after the last qualifications have been postponed.

The upcoming ISSF World Cup in India is the last chance for Vietnamese shooters to earn spots in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has set the goal to win at least three gold medals at the 18th Asian Games this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Xuan Vinh, the Olympic winner, must endure serious pressure when he competes at the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in India.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh won the Cup of Victory as the best male athlete of 2016 in a Gala awarding ceremony held yesterday in Ha Noi.

 The second season of the Victory Cup has arrived, with new candidates and categories up for voting to honour national sportsmen.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese sports delegation had their first taste of success at the Olympic Games in Rio after securing one gold and one silver medal thanks to the efforts of marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter to congratulate the Vietnamese delegation to the Rio Games and shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh in particular over the gold medal Vietnam has ever won after six decades of competing in the Olympics. 

 Vietnam ranked sixth in the medal tally of the Rio 2016 Olympics on the first day, August 6 (local time), after marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh secured the historic gold medal. 

 Marksmen who win an Olympic medal will receive a big bonus from sponsors according to the Vietnam Shooting Federation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Xuan Vinh bagged a bronze medal at the ongoing ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Viet Nam Military team will compete in the International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games 2015 which is scheduled to be held in Mungyeong, South Korea on October 2.

 Local marksmen clinched four gold, six silver and six bronze medals at the 38th Southeast Asian Shooting Championships (SEASA 2014), which concluded in Singapore on December 17.

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 Marksmen Hoang Xuan Vinh ranked eighth in the men's 50m pistol event at the ongoing International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup Rifle-Pistol-Shotgun competition in China.

Two-time winner Hoang Xuan Vinh will head to Beijing this week to compete at the International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in China.

 VietNamNet Bridge - For the first time in the history of Vietnam’s shooting sports, a Vietnamese shooter has placed first in the rankings of the International Shooting Sports Federation,  for the men’s 10m air pistol category.

 VietNamNet Bridge - At the 2014 ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Championship in the US, Hoang Xuan Vinh became the second Vietnamese to break the world record.

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