Posts Tagged ‘ Asian Games ’

Vietnam cruise into football semis after Brunei thrashing 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam cruise into football semis after Brunei thrashing 

Captain Thanh Luong celebrates after scoring Vietnam's 4th goal in an 8-0 win over Brunei at the 26th South East Asian Games on Saturday. Vietnam’s U23 national male football team booked a semifinal berth at the 26th South East Asian Games after thrashing Brunei 8-0 on Saturday. The thumping margin would gave the team a [...]

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Vietnam gets set for SEA Games 

November 2, 2011
Vietnam gets set for SEA Games 

Lam Quang Thanh, head of Vietnamese contingent for the 26th South East Asian Games in Indonesia, speaks at the sending off ceremony in Hanoi on Sunday. Photo by VnExpress. Vietnam held a ceremony at the Hanoi Opera Theater on Sunday to see off players and athletes heading for Indonesia to participate in the 26th South [...]

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Vietnamese footballers must play smart at SEA Games 

October 22, 2011
Vietnamese footballers must play smart at SEA Games 

   Vietnam U23 footballers Long Giang (L) and Trong Hoang (R) practice in Hanoi on October 13. The draw for the 26th South East Asian Games went well enough for Vietnam’s Under-23 footballers but critics say precaution is necessary. The Wednesday draw placed Vietnam in Group B with U23 teams from Myanmar, Laos, Brunei, East [...]

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Thang Hang takes gold at Asian Athletics Championships 

July 15, 2011
Thang Hang takes gold at Asian Athletics Championships 

  Truong Thanh Hang won the gold medal in the women’s 800 m race at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan on Sunday. Hang clocked in at 2 minutes 1.41 seconds, leaving behind Kazakhstani runner Margarita Matsko, who finished second at 2 minutes 2.46 seconds, while Indian competitor Tintu Luka too third place [...]

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Vietnam targets Asian gold from two athletes 

May 14, 2011
Vietnam targets Asian gold from two athletes 

ruong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. The Vietnam Athletics Federation has set a goal for the country’s leading athletes, Vu Thi Huong and Tr ươ ng Thanh Hang to win gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championships in Japan in July. Of [...]

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Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

April 9, 2011
Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

Truong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Sprint queen Vu Thi Huong and middle distance runner (800m, 1,500m) Truong Thanh Hang are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Local experts say the athletes should concentrate on the Olympics rather [...]

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Vietnam finishes Asian Games in 24th spot 

November 30, 2010
Vietnam finishes Asian Games in 24th spot 

  Vietnam finished out the 2010 Asian Games last Saturday in China with one gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze medals. The only gold medal was won the martial artist Le Bich Phuong in the women karatedo’s under-55 kilogram category. Vietnam failed to reach the goal of winning 4-6 gold medals to be among the [...]

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Women win first track-and-field medals at Asian Games 

November 30, 2010
Women win first track-and-field medals at Asian Games 

Truong Thanh Hang celebrates after winning silver in the women's 1,500m final on November 23. Female athletes Truong Thanh Hang and Vu Thi Huong won the Vietnam’s first ever silver and bronze medals at Asian Games for track-and-field events. Southeast Asian 1,500m and 800m champion Truong Thanh Hang took the silver medal in the women’s [...]

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Phuong takes first gold for Vietnam 

November 30, 2010
Phuong takes first gold for Vietnam 

  Le Bich Phuong beat World Champion Kobayashi Miki in the women’s 55kg Karatedo finals, on Thursday. Her victory represent’s Vietnam’s first gold medal at the Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou, China. The Vietnamese martial artist sailed through the previous rounds before defeating her Japanese rival, Kobayashi, 4-3. Also in the Karatedo event, martial artist [...]

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Vietnam takes silver in team rowing contest 

November 27, 2010
Vietnam takes silver in team rowing contest 

  Vietnam won the silver medal in the four-women, two-oar rowing category on Friday morning at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The women’s team (Dang Thi Tham, Dang Thi Hanh, Nguyen Thi Huu and Tran Thi Sam) came in second behind China. Iran came in third to take the bronze. Earlier on Thursday, [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...