Early on September 8 (Viet Nam time), fighter Dinh Van Tam competed in the men’s 52kg sanda (combat) category, earning the silver medal. Tam was the only Vietnamese male sanda fighter to reach this year's final.
Viet Nam’s two gold medals came from Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy in the women’s 56kg sanda and Ngo Thi Phuong Nga in the women’s 52kg sanda. In taolu, Duong Thuy Vi secured a bronze in the women’s spear discipline, the team’s only medal in performance events.
The championships featured male weight categories from 48kg to over 100kg, alongside female categories from 48kg to 75kg. Viet Nam fielded its top athletes across both sanda and taolu (performance).
The team is scheduled to return home on September 9 to resume training for the 33rd SEA Games in Thailand later this year.
