According to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Viet Nam will have an opportunity to send a wildcard to the London Olympics.

Viet Nam will be allowed to send any athlete who doesn't compete in the men's 10,000m or 3,000m steeplechase. However, the IAAF also added that this would not be applicable if another Vietnamese athlete achieved automatic qualification.

Vietnamese track and field athletes have one last chance to qualify for the Games at the Asian All Star Athletics Meet.

Nguyen Thanh Phuc is the only athlete qualified automatically for Olympics in the women's 20km walk.

Nguyen Manh Hung, deputy general secretary of the Viet Nam Athletics Federation, said that the wildcard could be given to Nguyen Thanh Ngung who finished his race in a time of 1hr 27.57min at the 20km Asian Race Walking Championship in Japan, narrowly outside the Olympic B Standard time (1.24:30).-VNS