January 19, 2012
Hoang Xuan Vinh has become the first ever Vietnamese shooter to win an official Olympics berth. Vinh won 682.4 points in the men’s 10-meter air gun event on Monday at the January 11-22 Asian Shooting Championships in Doha, Qatar. Vinh finished fourth behind the gold medal winner from South Korea, Jin Jong Oh with [...]
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January 14, 2012
Pham Phuoc Hung has become the second Vietnamese gymnast to have qualified for the 2012 London Olympic Games. Pham Phuoc Hung has qualified for this summer’s Olympics in London after earning a total of 83.532 points at the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Qualifying contest in London on Wednesday. Forty-nine gymnasts from around the world competed for [...]
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December 6, 2011
Gymnast Pham Phuoc Hung is expected to win 2012 Olympic berths for Vietnam Vietnam has halved its target for Olympic berths in London next year to 10 after reconsidering its athletes’ qualifying chances. According to Hoang Vinh Giang, vice chairman and general secretary of the Vietnamese Olympic Committee, Vietnam has won five berths through badminton [...]
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November 16, 2011
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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July 30, 2011
With one year to go until the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the British Embassy in Hanoi and Hoang Vinh Giang, secretary general of the Vietnam Olympic Committee, have discussed preparations for the games and further sporting cooperation between the two countries. In a press release from the embassy, UK Ambassador to Vietnam Antony [...]
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January 18, 2010
The Department of Sports and Physical Training requested the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to submit to the government a scheme to host some key sports events in Asia. Vietnam wants to host the Asian Beach Games 2012. Hoang Vinh Giang, secretary general of the Vietnam Olympic Committee, also proposed the ministry submit to the [...]
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December 30, 2009
The General Secretary of the Vietnam Olympic Committee told Tuoi Tre that it is not true that the Southeast Asian Games will be held every four years as some local newspapers reported recently. LookAtVietnam – The General Secretary of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Hoang Vinh Giang on December 26 told Tuoi Tre that it is [...]
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December 28, 2009
Xinhua News Agency selected the top 10 world sports news in 2009. Michael Phelps of the U.S. swimming team smiles during a news conference at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in northern England December 17, 2009. The U.S. will take on Europe in a Duel in the Pool event in Manchester on Friday and Saturday. (Xinhua/Reuters [...]
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December 27, 2009
Exceeding the goal for the number of gold medals represents a major success for Vietnam at the SEA Games 25 – but how did the games perform overall? Thanh Tra won a gold medal for springboard at the SEA Games 2009. And do Vietnam’s achievement really live up to the hype when compared to international criteria? [...]
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December 25, 2009
Young talent Thach Kim Tuan has won one gold and two silver medals at the ongoing Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Thach Kim Tuan. (Photo: TTVN)He finished behind a Chinese weightlifter in the 59kg category in the snatch and total lift event, however, Tuan took the lead in the [...]
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