Australian rules football Australian rules football has been played in Vietnam since 1998, when the Saigon Saints was formed by expatriate
Australians. It was followed after by rivals the Hanoi Hawks, established by Australian expatriates. The Saigon Saints stopped playing in 2001. In 2003, Australian rules football was reborn in
Hanoi under the Hanoi Swans banner with a tri-nations tournament against
Hong Kong and
Thailand. In 2007, a movement started in Saigan to get footy up again with the goal of combining with Hanoi to form a national team, the Vietnam Swans. In July 2007, the Vietnam Swans played together for the first time in
Bangkok for the 8th Annual Asian Championships. They returned to the Asian Championships in 2008 in
Singapore and have been playing since. In 2009, highlights included the ANZAC Day Match against the Thailand Tigers at Hellfire Pass on the Death Burma Railway; a Black Saturday Tribute Match and Fundraiser against the
Bali Geckos a match against
HMAS Darwin and the Asian Championships.
Basketball Basketball has been played in
Ho Chi Minh City,
Hanoi and
Soc Trang. The
Vietnamese national basketball team at the
2019 Southeast Asian Games earned the bronze medal.
Vietnam women's national basketball team get gold medal at the
Basketball at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in 3x3 competition after defeating
Philippines in the final.
Football (Association) Association football in Vietnam is run by the
Vietnam Football Federation. The federation administers the
Vietnam national football team, the
Vietnam Second Division, and the Vietnam Third Division. The top 2 leagues in the country,
V.League 1 and
V.League 2 are administered by the Vietnam Professional Football (VPF) company. When Vietnam was split into
North Vietnam and
South Vietnam, 2 national teams existed. The
North Vietnamese national team played mostly exclusively against other Communist countries between 1956 and 1966, while the
South Vietnamese national team took part in the first 2
AFC Asian Cup finals, finishing fourth place both times.
Handball Vietnam men's and women's national handball won gold medals at the
2021 Southeast Asian Games.
Rugby union Rugby union was introduced when Vietnam was part of
French Indochina, and this was by French expatriates. After independence there was a hiatus because of financial and political forces, from famine to the
Vietnam War. A number of people who could qualify for Vietnam's national rugby union team play in
France. An example is the
MHRC player
François Trinh-Duc, who has a Vietnamese grandfather.
Volleyball The National volleyball team won silver medals at the
Southeast Asian Games. At the
2023 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, the national team played as Sport Center won the title for the first time. The women's team won
2023 AVC Women's Challenge Cup. ==Individual sports==