The eight members of the Vietnamese delegation, mainly from Thua Thien-Hue province and Ho Chi Minh City, led by Deputy Head of the National Sports Administration, Pham Van Tuan are participating in bocce and track and field events at the Games, which are being held in Athens, Greece from June 25 to July 4.
Also on the occasion, Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet sent a letter of congratulations to the Chairman of Special Olympics International, Timothy Shriver, and President of the organising committee for the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011, Joanna Despotopoulou. The President’s letter expressed the Vietnamese State and people's great appreciation for this international humanitarian event which is an important encouragement for those who are proving the slogan ‘disabled but not useless.’
