Swimmer Hoàng to carry national flag at Asian Games

Asian GamesHÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Huy Hoàng will be Việt Nam's flag bearer at the 19th Asian Games opening ceremony in September in China. He did the job at the Phnom Penh Games and the 31st SEA Games on home soil last year. Hoàng will compete in the men's 1,500m event, where he won a silver at the previous Games in Jakarta in 2018. Currently, Việt Nam officials have taken 30 samples for doping tests while all athletes have completed their mandatory certificates of doping by WADA. The final list of the Việt Nam delegation will be announced later this month.