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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 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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Thang Hang takes gold at Asian Athletics Championships 

July 15, 2011
Thang Hang takes gold at Asian Athletics Championships 

  Truong Thanh Hang won the gold medal in the women’s 800 m race at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan on Sunday. Hang clocked in at 2 minutes 1.41 seconds, leaving behind Kazakhstani runner Margarita Matsko, who finished second at 2 minutes 2.46 seconds, while Indian competitor Tintu Luka too third place [...]

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Vietnam targets Asian gold from two athletes 

May 14, 2011
Vietnam targets Asian gold from two athletes 

ruong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. The Vietnam Athletics Federation has set a goal for the country’s leading athletes, Vu Thi Huong and Tr ươ ng Thanh Hang to win gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championships in Japan in July. Of [...]

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Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

April 9, 2011
Vietnamese runners target Olympics qualification 

Truong Thanh Hang (L) and Vu Thi Huong are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Sprint queen Vu Thi Huong and middle distance runner (800m, 1,500m) Truong Thanh Hang are training hard to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in London. Local experts say the athletes should concentrate on the Olympics rather [...]

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Women win first track-and-field medals at Asian Games 

November 30, 2010
Women win first track-and-field medals at Asian Games 

Truong Thanh Hang celebrates after winning silver in the women's 1,500m final on November 23. Female athletes Truong Thanh Hang and Vu Thi Huong won the Vietnam’s first ever silver and bronze medals at Asian Games for track-and-field events. Southeast Asian 1,500m and 800m champion Truong Thanh Hang took the silver medal in the women’s [...]

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Huong takes bronze in women’s 100m at Asian Games 

November 26, 2010
Huong takes bronze in women’s 100m at Asian Games 

  Vietnam’s sprint queen Vu Thi Huong won the bronze medal in the women’s 100 meter race at the 16th Asian Games 2010 in Guangzhou, China on Monday. Huong, Southeast Asian champion in the 100m and 200m categories, finished Third—11 seconds 43 behind champion Fukushima Chisato of Japan (11 seconds 33) and silver medalist Khubbieva [...]

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Vietnam tops medal table with 14 golds

December 12, 2009
Vietnam tops medal table with 14 golds

Vietnamese athletes grabbed another eight gold medals on the third day of the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane to top the table with 14 golds. Nguyen Thanh Dam in the women’s field bicycle race, Nguyen Thi Hoai Thu in the women’s taekwondo 57kg category, Hoang Xuan Vinh in shooting, Hoang Thanh Tra in the [...]

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Huong scores silver double at Asian Athletics Championships

November 15, 2009
Huong scores silver double at Asian Athletics Championships

Vu Thi Huong won the women’s 200m silver at the 18th Asian Athletics Championships in China on Friday, while compatriot Truong Thanh Hang took the bronze in the 800m race. Huong, Southeast Asia’s sprint queen, covered the distance in 23.61 seconds to finish behind Takahashi Momoko of Japan who clocked 23.53 seconds.It was an unfortunate [...]

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Huong scores silver double at Asian Athletics Championships

November 15, 2009
Huong scores silver double at Asian Athletics Championships

LookAtVietnam – Vu Thi Huong won the women’s 200m silver at the 18th Asian Athletics Championships in China on Friday, while compatriot Truong Thanh Hang took the bronze in the 800m race.Huong, Southeast Asia’s sprint queen, covered the distance in 23.61 seconds to finish behind Takahashi Momoko of Japan who clocked 23.53 seconds. It was [...]

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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...