Vietnam firm on top of SEA Games 32 tally with 107 golds
Vietnamese athletes on May 14 won an additional 20 gold medals at the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Cambodia, raising their total golds to 107 and consolidating their top position.
Vietnamese divers win gold medal in mix relay 4x50 surface event. (Photo: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA)🐲 – Vietnamese athletes on May 14won an additional 20 gold medals at the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEAGames) in Cambodia, raising their total golds to 107 and consolidating their top position.
On the day, divers brought home five gold medals in themen’s and women’s singles and teams. Nguyen Tran San San once again broke the SEA Games recordin women’s 800 m surface, clocking 7 minutes and 13.91seconds, after breaking abitger in the women's400m surface a day earlier. Following San’s May 14 gold, the Vietnamese diving team won four others.
After striking a hat-trick on May 13, Vietnamese Aerobicathletes continued to grab two more gold medals in the duo and groupperformances.
🗹 Fencers, Judokas, and wrestlers also have two more goldmedals in each sport.
Table tennist players Dinh Anh Hoang (right) and Tran Mai Ngoc at the SEA Games 32. (Photo:VNA)
Other gold medals were won by Vietnam in weightlifting, rowing, table tennis, and Chinese chess. On the tally, Vietnam is followed by Thailand with 90 andCambodia with 67 gold medals. Vietnam sent a 1,003-strong sports delegation to the SEAGames 32, about 700 of them athletes.
Vietnam Aerobic team win five gold medals at all five events they compete at SEA Games 32. (Photo:VNA)
Competing in 31 sports events, the Vietnamese team aimsto bring home 90-120 gold medals and enter the top three. SEA Games 32 is held in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, PreahSihanouk, Kampot, and Kep in Cambodia from May 5 and will be closed on May 17./.
After excellently winning three gold medals in the women’s 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase, on May 12 runner Nguyen Thi Oanh won another gold in the women's 10,000m event.
Vietnamese aerobic athletes got a hat trick of golds while cyclist Nguyen Thi That won a gold medal in the morning session of May 13 at the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia.
Female fencers Phung Thi Khanh Linh, Pham Thi Thu Hoai, Bui Thi Thu Ha and Le Minh Hang at May 14 noon won one more gold medal for Vietnam in the women’s sabre team event at the ongoing 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia.
Dinh Anh Hoang and Tran Mai Ngoc obtained the historic gold medal for Vietnam in the mixed doubles event of table tennis at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Cambodia on May 14.
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Quang Duc pottery is known for its wide range of forms, including wine bottles, jars, lime pots, vases, plant pots, incense burners and candle stands. Decorative motifs are equally rich, featuring mythical creatures, pastoral scenes, floral patterns, deer, peacocks, bats and more.
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For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
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These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
Vietnamese divers win gold medal in mix relay 4x50 surface event. (Photo: VNA)
Table tennist players Dinh Anh Hoang (right) and Tran Mai Ngoc at the SEA Games 32. (Photo:VNA) 
Vietnam Aerobic team win five gold medals at all five events they compete at SEA Games 32. (Photo:VNA) 
