Posts Tagged ‘ Gold Medals ’

Vietnam jumps to second at SEA Games 

November 19, 2011
Vietnam jumps to second at SEA Games 

  Vietnamese athletes earned 12 gold medals at the SEA Games on Wednesday, raising the total to 56 golds and jumping to second place behind hosts Indonesia. The 12 gold medals on Wednesday came in swimming, billiards, vovinam, free style wrestling, shooting, chess and rowing. Billiards player Ma Minh Cam closed the day with a [...]

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Vietnam gymnastics begins to flex its muscles 

November 19, 2011
Vietnam gymnastics begins to flex its muscles 

  Gymnast Do Thi Ngan Thuong on the way to winning the gold medal in the balance beam Monday at the SEA Games in Indonesia Vietnam won 11 out of the 15 gold medals in gymnastics at the ongoing South East Asian Games in Indonesia, and could possibly have swept the board but for the [...]

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Vietnam takes 17 golds after two days at SEA Games 

November 15, 2011
Vietnam takes 17 golds after two days at SEA Games 

21-year-old Nguyen Thanh Phuc (C) at the podium after finishing first in the women’s 20km walk; Photo by Kha Hoa. With 11 gold medals on Sunday, Vietnam has won a total of 17 gold medals after two days at the 26th South East Asian Games in Indonesia. Twenty-one-year-old Nguyen Thanh Phuc won the first gold [...]

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Vietnam wins top prizes at Asian Chinese Chess championships 

November 6, 2011
Vietnam wins top prizes at Asian Chinese Chess championships 

Nguyen Hoang Lam (L), Photo by VnExpress. Vietnamese players took two gold medals in the men’s and women’s contests at the 15th Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Individual Championships that ended in Macau on Friday. In the men’s event, Vietnam’s number one Nguyen Thanh Bao stayed at home to prepare for the World Chinese Chess Championships [...]

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Vietnamese circus artists win int'l prize 

October 21, 2011
Vietnamese circus artists win int'l prize 

Vietnamese circus artists Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep presenting Suc manh doi tay at the 13th International Circus Festival in Italy from October 13 to 17. Vietnam won three prizes at the 13th International Circus Festival held in Italy October 13-17, Saigon Giai Phong newspaper reported. Suc manh doi tay (The strength of [...]

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Hard-knock life for gymnasts 

July 18, 2011
Hard-knock life for gymnasts 

  Young Vietnamese gymnasts from poverty-stricken backgrounds find out that gold medals don’t pay the bills Dinh Phuong Thanh (L) and Van Anh proud with gold medals they won at the Southeast Asian Student Gymnasium Competition that ended in Singapore on July 7 Not all members of the victorious Vietnamese gymnastics team were ecstatic upon [...]

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HCMC tops national table tennis championship 

April 25, 2011

  Ho Chi Minh City players won four gold medals and topped the 2011 National Table Tennis Championships that ended in Hai Duong Province on Friday. After ensuring their team won gold medals in the women’s team and doubles events, Mai Hoang Mai Trang and Tran Huy Bao beat Huy Hoang-Hong Tam of T&T Club [...]

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Hanoi, Tay Ninh top national Taekwondo contest 

December 14, 2010

  Martial artists from Hanoi and Tay Ninh Province finished on top in the women’s and men’s events respectively at the 14th National Taekwondo Championships. Hanoi won three gold medals in the women’s events while Tay Ninh took three gold medals in the men’s competitions. The December 6-8 event this year was called the South [...]

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A successful year for Vietnamese shooting

February 8, 2010
A successful year for Vietnamese shooting

2009 was considered a successful year for Vietnam’s shooting as it topped the 33rd Southeast Asian Shooting Championship and the 25th Southeast Asian Games’ shooting event. Gunman Nguyen Manh Tuong.LookAtVietnam – 2009 was considered a successful year for Vietnam’s shooting as it topped the 33rd Southeast Asian Shooting Championship (SEASA) with 20 gold medals and the 25th [...]

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Vietnam’s athletes expect more victories in 2010

January 3, 2010
Vietnam’s athletes expect more victories in 2010

Vietnam’s athletes will have more opportunities to increase their status in both continental and regional events, such as the 16th Asian Games (ASIAD 16) and the National Sports Festival. Continental playground – ASIAD 16Vietnam has set itself an ambitious target at the 16th ASIAD Games, which will take place in Guangzhou, China, in November 2010.Vietnam’s [...]

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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...