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2009 is a special year for the sport sector. Vietnam played a very successful role as the host of AIG 3 and made a deep impression at the 25th SEA Games. National Women’s Football Team continue to dominate Southeast Asia.Among the tops in Southeast AsiaBefore the 25th SEA Games, Vietnam only set a target for itself as having occupied...

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VnnNews – While some athletes achieved good records in 2009 and received big bonus from the state and local governments, most returned home for Tet holidays empty handed. Boxers still practised at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace, Hanoi several days before Tet holiday. Football players are said to have the highest Tet bonuses. Dao Thi...

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Ten days after the 25th Southeast Asian Games, the board that annually selects outstanding coaches and athletes has chosen its nominees.   Runner Vu Thi Huong  This year Vietnam was very successful in two big events, the Asian Indoor Games and the SEA Games, so the board decided to vote 15 outstanding athletes instead of 10 and also...

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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. VnnNews - The General Secretary of the Vietnam Olympic Committee Hoang Vinh Giang on December 26 told Tuoi Tre that it is not true that the Southeast...

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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?  At...

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After competing successfully in the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Laos, Vietnamese judokas will compete in the continental 16th Asian Games in China. Vietnamese judokas Van Ngoc Tu (upper) deals a blow to beat a Lao athlete in the women’s 48kg class final of the Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane last week. Tu won the gold medal. VnnNews...

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Swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc, 16, who won a bronze medal for Vietnam at the Southeast Asian Games 2009, has been sent to China on a special one-year training programme. < /> With one gold, one silver medal and the breaking of a SEA Games record, Nguyen Huu Viet is the top swimmer of Vietnam at present. However, many experts are saying Phuoc...

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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,...

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Vietnamese martial artists Nguyen Trong Cuong and Luong Minh Dat snatched two gold medals in the men’s Taekwondo event at the ongoing SEA Games in Laos yesterday. Three in a row: Nguyen Trong Cuong poses with his gold medal and a SEA Games mascot after winning the men’s 80kg taekwondo final yesterday in Vientiane. It is his...

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The 25th Southeast Asian Games officially began with a bright and colourful cultural performance at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex in Laos yesterday. The 25th SEA Games officially began with a bright and colourful cultural performance at the Main Stadium of the National Sports Complex in Laos on December 9. (Photo: VNN)The...

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