Sport in Ho Chi Minh City

Sports in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam occupy a substantial space in people's lives as regards careers and fitness issues or even recreational options. The most prominent sports types being focused on in the city are football, bowling, golf, horse racing, swimming, and martial arts being the last but one of the most important forms of sport in Vietnam while adventure sports and water sports play a key role in entertaining the tourists and youngsters in the city.

The various afore mentioned sport types are not only well established within the city premises but they also have their required institutes and agencies to contribute in the national achievements of Vietnam as a whole. Few of the well known establishments in the field of football are The Vietnam Football Federation, Saigon Port team, Customs team, HCM City Police team, and Industry Department team. The important bowling alleys in Ho Chi Minh City are Diamond Super bowl, and Saigon Super bowl bringing to you a whole new world of entertainment and enthusiasm. While Golf Driving Range, Vietnam Golf & Country Club, Paradise Vung Tau Golf Resort are the prominent golf courses promoting the sport of golf in Ho Chi Minh City. Similarly the realm of horse racing is incomplete without the huge contribution made by Phu Tho Racecourse in making this sport a regular entertainment source among the Vietnamese crowd while Lam Son Swimming Pool, Saigon Water Park make swimming an interesting activity for both adults and for children as well. Finally in the realm of martial arts Aikido institute plays a key role in imparting knowledge about taekwondo, kung-fu, vovina and judo.