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Nine golds on Monday keeps Vietnam in third place at SEA Games 

November 22, 2011
Nine golds on Monday keeps Vietnam in third place at SEA Games 

Boxer Luong Van Toan (2nd, R) won the gold medal in the men's 81kg event. Winning nine gold medals on Monday helped to keep Vietnam in third place at the South East Asian Games being held November 11-22. Vietnam is ranked behind top-place host Indonesia and Thailand. The nine golds were grabbed by Vietnamese competitors [...]

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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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SEA Games boss urges focus on Olympic sports 

November 16, 2011
SEA Games boss urges focus on Olympic sports 

Future SEA Games should feature fewer traditional sports and focus on Olympic events, Rita Subowo said Future Southeast Asian Games should feature fewer traditional sports and focus on Olympic events if the region’s athletes are to compete at a higher level, Indonesia’s organizing body said Tuesday. Rita Subowo, president of the SEA Games organizing committee, [...]

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Vietnam remains in second spot at SEA Games

December 18, 2009
Vietnam remains in second spot at SEA Games

Vietnamese athletes grabbed 20 gold medals on the ninth day at the SEA Games on Thursday but were still three golds adrift of top-placed Thailand. They won six golds in pencak silat, five golds in wushu, four golds in wrestling, two golds in track and field, two golds in judo and one gold medal in [...]

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Vietnam pull level with Thailand in medals race

December 17, 2009
Vietnam pull level with Thailand in medals race

Vietnam’s Vu Thi Huong clocked 23.31 in the women’s 200 meter race Indonesia and Vietnam each completed a Southeast Asian Games sprint double as Vietnam dramatically pulled level with pacesetters Thailand at the top of the medals table Wednesday. A haul of 16 golds – including three in judo, two in shuttlecock and the women’s [...]

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Huyen sets new SEA Games decathlon record

December 15, 2009
Huyen sets new SEA Games decathlon record

LookAtVietnam – Vu Van Huyen defended his title and set a new Southeast Asian Games record in the men’s decathlon event yesterday in Vientiane. Huyen topped the podium for the third time with 7,558 points, enough for him to topple the record for the second time in an event he has dominated for years in [...]

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Huong sprints her way to SEA gold

December 15, 2009
Huong sprints her way to SEA gold

Vietnamese sprint queen Vu Thi Huong successfully defended her SEA Games 100m title yesterday after finishing in a time of 11.34sec at the Main Stadium. First to finish: Vu Thi Huong takes the SEA Games 100m title for the third time after her win yeterday in Vientiane. The Vietnamese athlete is also expected to win [...]

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Vietnam in third place with 6 SEA Games golds

December 12, 2009
Vietnam in third place with 6 SEA Games golds

Vietnam won 15 medals, including four golds, at the South East Asian Games in Vientiane on Thursday, putting the country in third place on the gold tally behind Singapore and Thailand. The four gold medals came from the taekwondo artists Nguyen Trong Cuong and Luong Minh Dat and karatedo artists Nguyen Hoang Ngan, Nguyá»…n Thi [...]

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VN wrestlers aim to dominate rivals

December 4, 2009
VN wrestlers aim to dominate rivals

LookAtVietnam – Wrestling is one of Viet Nam’s strong points, and is expected to push the team high in the SEA Games’ medal tally. As the strongest rivals of the region, Vietnamese female wrestlers have been asked to win two gold medals. The target seems a challenge for the team, as organisers ruled that each [...]

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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...