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Abstract

The article was made with the aim of fairly and comprehensively evaluating the physical fitness of male students at Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM). To provide accurate results for the study, the research team utilized popular research techniques in the fields of physical education and sports. Hence, the current fitness condition of VNUHCM students was assessed by comparing their performances with the average fitness of Vietnamese people and other universities such as Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-HN), The University of Da Nang, Can Tho University, and students in Ho Chi Minh City who are at the same age and gender. In this way, the physical fitness of 19-year-old VNUHCM students was also measured in accordance with Decision 53/2008/BGD&DT of the Ministry of Education and Training. The findings showed that those with good fitness made up 29.33 percent of the total research objects, while those with acceptable fitness made up 24.81 percent, and those with poor fitness made up 55.81 percent. Overall, male students at VNUHCM appeared to be in better physical health than the average fitness of Vietnamese people, than the students of VNU-HN, The University of Da Nang, Can Tho University in terms of speed, leg muscle strength, endurance, and dexterity. They were also better than male students in Ho Chi Minh City in terms of endurance but not on an equal level of leg muscle strength and dexterity.