Vietnam participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
Competitors SportBoy(s)Girl(s)TotalAthletics1 12Badminton1 12Dancesport1N/A1Gymnastics112Swimming213TaekwondoN/A11Weightlifting1 12Total7613
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Ngô Sơn Đỉnh Weightlifting Boys' 56 kg 7 October Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Swimming Boys' 800 metre freestyle 11 October Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang Weightlifting Girls' 44 kg 7 October
Athletics
Lê Tiến Long and Đoàn Thu Hằng qualified. Boys AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2TotalResultRankResultRankTotalRankLê Tiến LongBoys' 2000 m steeplechase5:51.791012:443818:35.7910
Girls
AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2TotalResultRankResultRankTotalRankĐoàn Thu HằngGirls' 1500 m4:41.171314:022418:43.1710
Badminton
Vietnam qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.
Singles AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreNguyễn Hải ĐăngBoys' SinglesL (7–21, 9–21)W (23–21, 21–17) W (21–7, 21–7)2did not advance 9Vũ Thị Anh ThưGirls' SinglesW (21–8, 21–19)W (21–6, 21–4)W (21–18, 21–12)1QL (12–21, 9–21)did not advance5
Team AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreTeam Epsilon Mixed TeamsL (98–110)L (89–110)W (110–108)4QL (102–110)did not advance5Team Omega W (110–99)W (110–100)W (110–98)1QW (110–102)W (110–109)L (106–110)
Boxing
Vietnam qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women's World Boxing Championships.
Đỗ Hồng Ngọc was disqualified.
Dancesport
Vietnam qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.
B-Boys - B4 (Lê Minh Hiếu)
Gymnastics
Artistic Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong and Phạm Như Phương qualified on their performance at the 2018 Junior Artistic Asian Championships, Indonesia.
Boys' artistic individual all-around - Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong Girls' artistic individual all-around - Phạm Như Phương
Swimming
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng, Phạm Thành Bảo and Vũ Thị Phương Anh qualified.
Taekwondo
Girl AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultOpposition ResultHồ Thị Kim NgânGirls' 49 kg W 22-0 L 5-6did not advance
Weightlifting Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Vietnam qualified one athlete (girl) based on its performance at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships.
Boy AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankNgô Sơn Đỉnh−56 kg11411481262
Girls AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankNguyễn Thị Thu Trang−44 kg721753147
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