Posts Tagged ‘ Silver Medal ’

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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Champion jumper settles for silver 

August 5, 2011
Champion jumper settles for silver 

High jump champion Nguyen Duy Bang won the silver medal at the International Athletic Competition in HCMC. Local high jump champion Nguyen Duy Bang looked disappointed after taking the silver medal at the International Athletic Competition in Ho Chi Minh City on August 2. The gold medal was won by national athlete Dao Van Thuy, [...]

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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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Vietnam takes silver in team rowing contest 

November 27, 2010
Vietnam takes silver in team rowing contest 

  Vietnam won the silver medal in the four-women, two-oar rowing category on Friday morning at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The women’s team (Dang Thi Tham, Dang Thi Hanh, Nguyen Thi Huu and Tran Thi Sam) came in second behind China. Iran came in third to take the bronze. Earlier on Thursday, [...]

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Sponsorship on offer for Vietnam’s top athletes

January 22, 2010
Sponsorship on offer for Vietnam’s top athletes

The Vietnam National Sports Administration will select the most outstanding 60 athletes from 10 sports for major sponsorship this year. Top swimmer Nguyen Huu Viet.Each athlete will be sponsored to the tune of at least US$10,000, which should cover the cost of medicines and training for the Asian Games and the Olympics.At the Sydney Olympics [...]

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Thai shooter beats Ha to gold medal

December 19, 2009
Thai shooter beats Ha to gold medal

LookAtVietnam – The 22nd SEA Games gold medalist Pham Thi Ha won a bronze medal in the women’s 25m pistol in Vientiane SEA Games yesterday, December 17. Ha, 30, who won a silver medal in the team event with Dang Thi Tuyet Mai and Bui Thi Thuy Hanh in qualification yesterday morning, started fiercely in [...]

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Golden day for second-place Viet Nam

December 16, 2009
Golden day for second-place Viet Nam

LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam won 13 golds yesterday, December 15, at the SEA Games in Vientiane. Wrestler Man Ba Xuan fulfilled his dream of winning a fifth SEA Games gold medal before retiring in the men’s 74kg category.Xuan, who earlier announced that the Laos Games would be his last international event, plans to become a [...]

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Female rifle shooters achieve medal goals

December 15, 2009
Female rifle shooters achieve medal goals

Sharp shooting markswomen bagged gold medal and SEA Games record in the women’s 10m running target rifle mixed team of SEA Games yesterday. Armed: Cu Thanh Tu (pictured), Dang Hong Ha and Nguyen Thi Le Quyen won gold medals for Viet Nam in the women’s 10m running target rifle mixed team on December 14.The team, [...]

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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, 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...