Last updated: Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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...
Last updated: Saturday, November 19, 2011
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...
Last updated: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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 on the...
Last updated: Friday, March 19, 2010
Nine national records were made on the fourth day of the National Swimming Tournament 2010 in Hanoi on March 18.
Da Nang’s Hoang Quy Phuoc won the gold, breaking the national record at 57.68 seconds in men’s 100m mixed style category. In women’s 50m breast stroke, HCM City’s Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen was the winner,...
Last updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Hard years of making a living by collecting waste didn’t hinder Nguyen Dinh Toan’s strong will, instead it helped him become world taekwondo champion.
Nguyen Dinh Toan (middle) and his team. Toan’s father, Nguyen Dinh Hoan, was born by a Vietnamese mother and a Russian father nad then left to be nurtured at the Hanoi...
Last updated: Saturday, December 12, 2009
With eight more gold medals, Vietnam now tops the medals table at the 25th SEA Games, in Vientiane, Laos.
Karatedo artist Nguyen Ngoc Thanh won a gold medal in the men’s kumite 76 kg division on December 11 at the SEA Games in Laos. (Photo: SGGP)Vietnamese athletes December 11 won gold medals in swimming, petanque, karatedo, taekwondo,...
Last updated: Friday, November 6, 2009
Viet Nam won three gold medals at the sixth competition day of the third Asian Indoor Games yesterday, November 5, to hold its second ranking in the medal tally.
On cue: Dang Dinh Tien takes a shot in the men’s singles carom 1 final against Japanese Machida Tadashi at HCM City’s Nguyen Du Gymnasium yesterday. Tien won 100-25 to...
Last updated: Sunday, November 1, 2009
in the final game StarCraft in Hanoi on November 1, bringing home a gold medal.
VnnNews – in the final game StarCraft in Hanoi on November 1, bringing home a gold medal.With enthusiastic support from home spectators at the Bach Khoa Competition House, Vietnam defeated Mongolia 2-1 to seal the victory.Experts said the victory was beyond...
