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Pole dancing: seedy show or Olympic sport? 

November 26, 2011
Pole dancing: seedy show or Olympic sport? 

  Students listen to pole dancing instructor Dragon (L) during a beginners class at the Las Vegas Stripper University, in Nevada. Pole dancing may conjure up images of men in seedy clubs leering at semi-naked women, but it has a growing following in the United States as a way to keep fit — and even [...]

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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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Frenchman wins second vovinam gold medal 

August 4, 2011
Frenchman wins second vovinam gold medal 

  Frenchman Vicens Noll won the gold medal in the long stick performance at the 2nd World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial arts) Championships at Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Tho Sports Center Friday. It was his second consecutive gold medal in the event, after winning the inaugural event in 2009. Noll said he was happy to [...]

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Vietnam’s first dance sports fest in Hanoi 

January 16, 2011
Vietnam’s first dance sports fest in Hanoi 

Female dancer Khanh Thi (L) and her partner Minh Truong, together with other top local sport dancers will perform at Vietnam's Dance Sport Stars Festival tonight in Hanoi. The first-ever Vietnam Dance Sport Stars Festival will open tonight at Trinh Hoai Duc Sporting event hall in Hanoi. Top Vietnamese dance sport duos, including 2009 Asian [...]

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Athletes suffer health shortfall

January 31, 2010
Athletes suffer health shortfall

LookAtVietnam – Despite more and more Vietnamese athletes competing in regional athletics events over the last three years, there are just 80 sports doctors in the country, according to the National Sports Administration.At the main national sport centre in Ha Noi, each doctor has to take care of between 80 and 90 athletes.More serious injuries [...]

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Spirit shines through at Frisbee tournament

January 2, 2010
Spirit shines through at Frisbee tournament

Players at the sixth Vietnam Hat Ultimate Frisbee tournament take a break from the heat and competition The team sport of Ultimate Frisbee made another step forward in its march of popularity across Asia with last weekend’s Vietnam Hat Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City. In Vietnam, the amateur sport of the flying disc, which [...]

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Lao shooter wins two golds

December 18, 2009
Lao shooter wins two golds

Khamla Xaiyavong became the first Lao shooter to win two gold medals at the SEA Games when she rose to the top spot in the women’s 10m individual . . . Bull’s eye: Khamla Xaiyavong is surrounded by journalists after she becomes the first Lao shooter to win two gold medals at the SEA Games.She [...]

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11th Chinese National Games opens in Jinan

October 17, 2009
11th Chinese National Games opens in Jinan

One year after the hosting of the exceptional Beijing Olympic Games, the 11th National Games, billed as China’s mini-Olympics, opened amid a splendid ceremony here Friday evening. The cauldron is lit at the opening ceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 16, 2009. (Xinhua/Yang Zongyou)Chinese President Hu Jintao [...]

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Tien determined to grab AIG gold

October 9, 2009
Tien determined to grab AIG gold

LookAtVietnam – The Asian champion Dang Dinh Tien insisted that he would grab a gold medal at the third Asian Indoor Games in Viet Nam later this month. Tien took his championship title after beating Japan’s Machida Tadashi 100-82 in the final last month in South Korea. It is his first continental crown after more [...]

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Dancesport: supple but strong

August 12, 2009
Dancesport: supple but strong

LookAtVietnam – In recent years, the storm of hip-hop and break-dance has reached Vietnamese youth and has become part of today’s youth culture. Dancer Khanh Thi. (Photo: phunuonline)Following the wave of artistic dance from Western society and developed countries, belly-dance, Colsplay, Harajuku fashion and body-painting have also arrived in Vietnam gaining the curiosity and passion [...]

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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...