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This article presents an overview of the Sports in Vietnam.

Team sports

Basketball has become an increasingly popular sport in Vietnam, especially in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Soc Trang.^[1]

Association football in Vietnam is run by the Vietnam Football Federation. The federation administers the Vietnam Second Division, and the Vietnam Third Division, and the Vietnam national football team. V.League 1 and V.League 2 are administered by the Vietnam Professional Football (VPF) company.^[2]

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Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water Polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing - Rowling - Sailing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Beach Volleyball Weightlifting - Bodybuilding Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track) Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping) Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard - Snooker Boules Bowling Bridge - Poker Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu
Paralympics and Disabled Sports	Paralympic games
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union Vovinam Traditional martial arts Mixed martial arts Military martial arts Wushu eSports Game Fishing Sepaktakraw
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