Posts Tagged ‘ cycling ’

No pain, no gain 

January 18, 2012
No pain, no gain 

  A bunch of young Hanoi cyclists have apparently mainstreamed the phrase “pain in the ass” by naming their club Ê Mông, literally meaning “buttock pain.” Buttock Pain was founded in 2008 after a group of cycling lovers met on the web site ttvnol.com and organized a successful trip to Truc Lam Tay Thien Zen [...]

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Big-hearted teen gives her all 

December 14, 2011
Big-hearted teen gives her all 

    12-year-old Singaporean-Australian teenager Charlotte Lau during the cycling adventure from Hoi An Town to Hue Town When did you first participate in a charity event to help people in need? This week, Thanh Nien Weekly talked with Charlotte Lau, a 12-year-old Singaporean-Australian, about her recent cycling adventure from Hue Town to Hoi An [...]

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Van Phuc wins yellow jersey at HTV Cycling Cup 2011 

May 7, 2011
Van Phuc wins yellow jersey at HTV Cycling Cup 2011 

  Ho Van Phuc of the ADC Vinh Long Television Station team was the fastest cyclist of the HTV Cycling Cup competition that ended April 30 in Ho Chi Minh City. Phuc won the yellow jersey by finishing the 23rd edition of the nine-stage 1,075km tour in 27 hours, 33 minutes one second, followed by [...]

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SPORTS IN BRIEF 27/10

October 27, 2009
SPORTS IN BRIEF 27/10

Media centre in Ha Noi opens; HCMC looks for haul of medals at Games; Women football team wins international; Women’s cycling tournament begins The main media centre for the third Asian Indoor Games opened yesterday in Ha Noi’s Giang Vo exhibition hall.The centre has a floor space of 3,500sq.m and will able to accommodate 700 [...]

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Discipline key for top time trialist

July 1, 2009
Discipline key for top time trialist

LookAtVietnam – Vietnamese cyclist Mai Cong Hieu has dominated the men’s national cycling time-trial event with an astonishing 11 titles over 11 years of competition. Golden eyes: The national team’s Mai Cong Hieu of team Domesco Dong Thap wants to win at the SEA Games in Laos in December.Hieu, 32, donned the national jersey in [...]

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SPORTS IN BRIEF 10/6

June 10, 2009
SPORTS IN BRIEF 10/6

Route for national cycling champs; Lai retains rural cycling tour lead; Competitors set for youth games The National Cycling Championship will kick off on October 1 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau and An Giang provinces.The road race will be in Ba Ria, while An Giang will host the terrain events.The best riders in the country will [...]

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Cycling race begins to mark Dien Bien Phu victory

May 3, 2009
Cycling race begins to mark Dien Bien Phu victory

LookAtVietnam – A cycling race heading for a finish line in the Dien Bien Phu valley in northwestern Vietnam began at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on May 2, with the participation of 125 athletes from 22 domestic and foreign teams, including Malaysia and Mongolia.After the opening ceremony, the cyclists competed for the first [...]

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SPORTS IN BRIEF 16/4

April 16, 2009
SPORTS IN BRIEF 16/4

Taekwondo artists go to Azerbaijan; Women cyclists to compete in Shanghai; Cycling tourney celebrates Liberation Day; Regional Martial Arts Games delayed The national taekwondo team will leave for Azerbaijan on June 11 to compete at the World Taekwondo Team Championship in Bacu City.The tournament will see 24 teams of six men and women who have [...]

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SPORTS IN BRIEF 16/3

March 16, 2009
SPORTS IN BRIEF 16/3

Tanimex tops Women’s Tennis Championships 2009; Asian Indoor Games 2009 to have E-sports; Four foreign cycling clubs to join Number One Cup; Ocean Bank Cup businessmen’s shooting contest opens Tanimex tops Women’s Tennis Championships 2009 The National Women’s Tennis Championships 2009, held by the Vietnam Tennis Federation and the Ninh Binh Tennis Federation, took place from [...]

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HCM City to have park for cycling training

February 3, 2009
HCM City to have park for cycling training

HCM City authorities are considering the construction of a park for children to learn how to ride a bicycle or a motorbike.    HCM City Transport Police Department’s Vice Chief Vo Van Van said the city is choosing a place for building this park among two proposed sites in District 7 and District 9. Van said [...]

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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...