Posts Tagged ‘ First Round ’

Kien Quoc makes last 32 at World Table Tennis Championships 

May 14, 2011
Kien Quoc makes last 32 at World Table Tennis Championships 

  Doan Kien Quoc has made it to the last 32 places at the ongoing 2011 World Table Tennis Championships taking place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands from May 8-15. In the first qualifying round, the 254th-ranked Quoc competed in the 43rd group among 102 groups of three players each. He topped the group after beating [...]

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Two silvers for Vietnam at first round of Asian archery grand prix 

March 1, 2011

  Vietnamese archers finished the first round of the Asian Archery Grand Prix 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand (February 17-22) with two silver medals. Nguyen Tien Cuong took the silver medal in the men’s three-stringed bow event after losing 2-6 in the final to the 2000 and 2004 Olympics champion Tang Hua of China. Cuong beat [...]

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Enter our contest 

November 8, 2010

  IF I WERE THANH NIEN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF In anticipation of our 25th anniversary, Thanh Nien is organizing a contest to collect opinions and new ideas from our young readers. The contest will also present an opportunity for young people who love Thanh Nien, and journalism in general, to have a great experience with us. Eligibility [...]

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HAGL sets sights on first win

February 6, 2010
HAGL sets sights on first win

LookAtVietnam – Former champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai will look to make amends for their opening day V-League defeat when they host newly-promoted Hoa Phat Ha Noi tomorrow at the Pleiku Stadium.Hoang Anh Gia Lai, finishing sixth last season, had a disappointing start to the new season, suffering an ignominious defeat 4-2 against Khanh Hoa [...]

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Saint Giong Festival passes UNESCO’s first round

January 29, 2010
Saint Giong Festival passes UNESCO’s first round

The documents for nomination of the Saint Giong Festival as an intangible cultural heritage of mankind meets the technical standards necessary to enter the next round of evaluation. The Saint Giong Festival. Dr. Le Thi Minh Ly, Vice-Head of the Cultural Heritage Agency under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told VietNamNet that this is [...]

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Geoana wins Romanian presidential run-off: exit polls

December 8, 2009
Geoana wins Romanian presidential run-off: exit polls

Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana has won Romania’s presidential run-off on Sunday, according to the first exit poll announced as voting ended at 9:00 p.m. ( 1900 GMT). Romanian Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana (C) celebrates his victory at the Social Democratic Party’s headquarters in Bucharest, capital of Romania, Dec. 6, 2009.  (Xinhua/Agerpres) Geoana captured [...]

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Champ’s got work cut out at SEA Games

November 12, 2009
Champ’s got work cut out at SEA Games

Viet Nam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will have the world’s top player, Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei, to overcome to win the gold medal at the 25th SEA Games. Nguyen Tien Minh.The world Number 7, seeded second, faces unseeded Nuan Sophorn of Cambodia in the first round and will probably come up against Lan [...]

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Hosts pin hopes on pool sharks

October 14, 2009
Hosts pin hopes on pool sharks

As many as 250 athletes including 63 females from 24 countries and territories will compete for 10 sets of medals in billiards and snooker at the third Asian Indoor Games, In the men’s section seven men of medals are up for grabs: individual snooker; team snooker; one-cushion carom; three-cushion carom; English billiards; six red balls; [...]

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Nhung advances in Grand Prix

October 8, 2009
Nhung advances in Grand Prix

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s top badminton player Le Ngoc Nguyen Nhung scored her first international win since returning to circuit earlier this year Deft touch: Le Ngoc Nguyen Nhung beat unseeded Indonesian Melicia Kurniawan in the first round of the Yonex-Sunrise Viet Nam Open Grand Prix yesterday to enter the second round of the women’s [...]

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Minh climbs to seventh in world badminton rankings

October 4, 2009
Minh climbs to seventh in world badminton rankings

LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has climbed one more place to seventh in the Badminton World Federation’s rankings released on October 1.Minh moved up thanks to the 2,820 points he earned for advancing to the semifinals of the Yonex Open Japan Super Series, which ended Sunday. He has 50,310 points in [...]

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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...