Vietnamese weightlifter Hoang Anh Tuan won a bronze during the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships. He also emerged as the Asian champion during the Asian championships held last month.

Will he bag a medal for Vietnam in Beijing? He’s rightfully hoping:

I’m not 100 percent sure that I will be successful at the 2008Olympic Games. But, as an Asian champion, I have the right to hope, and try my best to gain an Olympic medal.

From xinhuanet, we learn that Vietnam has, to date, “four official berths for three taekwondo fighters and one table tennis player; two preference berths for one gymnastics athlete and one shooter; and eight berths for wushu performance.”

Vietnam bagged its first-ever Olympic medal during the Sydney 2000 Games when Tran Hieu Ngan snatched a silver medal in taekwondo.

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PHOTO SOURCES: vietnamnet and tinthethao

The International Sport Shooting Federation (ISSF) has allocated Vietnam an exceptional berth for 50m air pistol at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games slated for August in China.

Vietnam is likely to choose shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong, who currently ranks the 12th in the world at the 50m air pistol event, to get the berth, local newspaper Young People reported Friday.

To date, Vietnam has had four official berths for three taekwondo fighters and one table tennis player; two preference berths for one gymnastics athlete and one shooter; and eight berths for wushu performance.

Vietnam bagged home the first-ever Olympic medal with 26-year-old woman athlete Tran Hieu Ngan taking a taekwondo silver medal at Sydney Olympic Games 2000.

Vietnam started competing in the Olympics in 1952. The only medal it has won so far is Tran Hieu Ngan’s silver medal in taekwondo during the Sydney Olympic Games.