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The Vietnamese table tennis team (Photo: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) – Nguyen Anh Tu and Doan Ba Tuan Anh on December 7 brought a gold medal to the Vietnamese team at the men’s double table tennis event at the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines. They beat their Singaporean rivals 11-6, 12-10, 10-12 and 11-4 to secure the gold medal, quenching the 10-year thirst in the event following the one by Kien Quoc and Quang Linh at the SEA Games 2009 in Laos. Minutes later, female judokas Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Nguyen Ngoc Diem Phuong, Ho Thi Nhu Van, Nguyen Thi Dieu Tien and Ha Thi Nga brought another gold medal to the Vietnamese team with a 3-2 win over their Indonesian rivals. For her part, Truong Thi Phuong was the first to snatch a gold for Vietnam on December 7, finishing first in the 200-m C1 Canoeing event. Meanwhile, Olympic champion Hoang Xuan Vinh missed his gold in the men’s 10-m air pistol event, losing to his Thai rival … [Read more...] about SEA Games 30: Historical table tennis gold medal for Vietnam

Anh Vien finished the women’s 200m freestyle final with an achievement of 2 minutes 0.75 seconds. In a result of 2 minutes 15.32 seconds, she won a victory of the women’s 200m freestyle final. After three competition days of SEA Games 30, Vietnam's swimming star earned total three gold and one silver medals.  In the next three competition days, Anh Vien is expected to bring gold medals in the 400 m, 800 m freestyle and the 400 m individual medley finals.  BY HOANG DANG (Manila, Philippines)- Translated by Huyen Huong Tags: Swimmer Anh Vien gold medal SEA Games 200m backstroke freestyle final … [Read more...] about Swimmer Anh Vien receives two additional gold medals