Vietnamese Bulgarian runner Vanina Nguyen with the medals she has won in Bulgaria and the Balkans

Vietnamese Bulgarian runner Vanina Nguyen wants to play for Vietnam at the 25th Southeast Asian Games this year, the General Department of Sports said.

Nguyen, born to a Bulgarian mother and a Vietnamese father who named her Nguyen Hoai Van Anh, plays for the Titan Club and has just been called up to join the Bulgarian national team.

The Track and Field Department has asked the Vietnamese Embassy in Bulgaria to provide personal information about Van Anh, so it can ask the Sports Department to create the conditions needed for her to run for the national team.

Anh is very likely to compete for Vietnam at the 25th SEA Games in the Lao capital of Vientiane late this year as she already has a Vietnamese passport.

Reported by Lan Phuong