Vietnam first sent their athletes to compete in the Southeast Asian Games in the 1989 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Vietnam has hosted the games only twice in 2003 and 2021.[1] [2]
| Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | VIE |
| NOC | Vietnam Olympic Committee |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
|
| Southeast Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Vietnam has won 1269 gold medals, 1097 silver medals, and 1311 bronze medals totaling to 3677 medals since 1991 up to 2023.[3] Vietnam has topped the Medal Tally in two Southeast Asian Games in 2003, 2021 when they hosted it and 2023.[4][5]
Medal Tally
edit- In 1959 until 1973, Vietnam has won medals under South Vietnam. These are only the medals they won as a unified Vietnam
| Games | Athletes | 
|
|
|
Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1989 Kuala Lumpur
|
46 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 7th |
 1991 Manila
|
? | 7 | 12 | 10 | 29 | |
 1993 Singapore
|
9 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 6th | |
 1995 Chiang Mai
|
10 | 18 | 24 | 52 | ||
 1997 Jakarta
|
340 | 35 | 48 | 50 | 133 | 5th |
 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan
|
174 | 17 | 20 | 27 | 64 | |
| 2001 Kuala Lumpur
|
431 | 33 | 35 | 64 | 132 | 4th |
 2003 Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City
|
752 | 158 | 97 | 91 | 346 | 1st |
| 2005 Manila
|
528 | 71 | 71 | 86 | 228 | 3rd |
| 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima
|
624 | 64 | 58 | 82 | 204 | |
 2009 Vientiane
|
671 | 83 | 75 | 57 | 215 | 2nd |
| 2011 Jakarta and Palembang
|
608 | 96 | 92 | 100 | 288 | 3rd |
 2013 Nay Pyi Taw
|
511 | 74 | 85 | 86 | 245 | |
| 2015 Singapore
|
391 | 73 | 53 | 60 | 186 | |
| 2017 Kuala Lumpur
|
460 | 58 | 50 | 60 | 168 | |
| 2019 Philippines
|
856 | 98 | 85 | 105 | 288 | 2nd |
| 2021 Hanoi
|
965 | 205 | 125 | 116 | 446 | 1st |
 2023 Phnom Penh
|
702 | 136 | 105 | 114 | 355 | |
| 2025 Bangkok
|
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| 2027 Kuala Lumpur
|
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| Total | 1230 | 1046 | 1156 | 3432 | 4th | |
Medals of South Vietnam (1959-1973)
edit| Games | Athletes |
|
|
|
Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 Bangkok
|
? | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 5 |
 1961 Rangoon
|
9 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 4 | |
| 1965 Kuala Lumpur
|
5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 6 | |
| 1967 Bangkok
|
6 | 10 | 17 | 33 | 5 | |
| 1969 Rangoon
|
9 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 4 | |
| 1971 Kuala Lumpur
|
3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 6 | |
| 1973 Singapore
|
2 | 13 | 10 | 25 | ||
| Total | 39 | 51 | 65 | 155 | -- | |
References
edit- ^ "A brief 12-year history of how SEA Games countries wielded their 'host's advantage'". Spin.ph. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Vietnam NOC - Olympic Council of Asia". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Kuala Lumpur 1965 - Olympic Council of Asia". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "A brief 12-year history of how SEA Games countries wielded their 'host's advantage'". Spin.ph. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Vietnam NOC - Olympic Council of Asia". www.ocasia.org. Retrieved 7 April 2020.