The Vietnamese delegation to the 2022 Southeast Asian Para Games (ASEAN Para Games) in Indonesia arrived home on Sunday after claiming 183 medals, including 65 golds, 62 silvers, and 56 bronzes, ranking third on the medal table at the biennial multi-sport event, which concluded a day before. It is the highest number of medals Vietnam has achieved since it hosted the Games in 2003. The Vietnamese team initially set a target to win 35-40 gold medals at the regional Games. Vietnam broke 16 records this year, 14 of which were in swimming. Swimmer Vi Thi Hang set three new records, the highest among Vietnamese athletes, in the women’s 50-meter freestyle, 100-meter breaststroke, and 100-meter freestyle categories. Swimmers Vo Huynh Anh Khoa, Le Thi Dung, Trinh Thi Bich Nhu, and Do Thanh Hai broke two records each. The remaining two records were set by weightlifters Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan and Dang Thi Linh Phuong. Dang Ha Viet, general director of the General … [Read more...] about Vietnam Para Games team returns home with 183 medals
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Vietnam ranks third at ASEAN Para Games 2022
Vietnamese national flags are raised at a medal ceremony of the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia. (Photo: VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Vietnam claimed 183 medals, including 65 golds, 62 silvers and 56 bronzes, ranking third on the medal table at the 11th ASEAN Para Games , which concluded in Surakarta, Indonesia, on August 6. It was the highest number of medals Vietnam has ever achieved since it hosted the Games in 2003. The Vietnam ese team initially set a target to gain 35 – 40 gold medals at the regional games. Vietnam has broken 16 records this year, 14 of which were in swimming. Swimmer Vi Thi Hang set three new records, the highest among Vietnamese athletes, in the women’s 50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle. Swimmers Vo Huynh Anh Khoa, Le Thi Dung, Trinh Thi Bich Nhu and Do Thanh Hai broke two records each. The remaining two records were set by weightlifters Chau Hoang Tuyet Loan and Dang Thi Linh Phuong. Swimmers also earned most of the gold … [Read more...] about Vietnam ranks third at ASEAN Para Games 2022
☀️ Morning digest August 8
Hanoi (VNA) - The following is a list of selected news summaries last weekend by the Vietnam News Agency. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits Terminal S8 on Cau Giay street of the Nhon-Hanoi Station urban railway. (Photo: VNA) - Elevated sections of the urban railway from Nhon to Hanoi Station must be completed before December 31, 2022 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a meeting with contractors and leaders of concerned ministries and Hanoi on August 7. Read full story - Ngoc Linh ginseng deserves the "National treasure" title, and it is necessary to strongly promote the role of this treasure in improving people's livelihoods, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said when attending a workshop seeking ways to developing this kind of ginseng into a national brand in the central province of Quang Nam on August 6. Read full story - Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao has pledged to make more contributions to the progress and development of international law, for peace, … [Read more...] about ☀️ Morning digest August 8
110th birth anniversary of late Chairman of State Council Vo Chi Cong celebrated
Delegates attend the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Quang Nam (VNA) - The central province of Quang Nam held a ceremony on August 6 evening to commemorate the 1 10th birth anniversary of the late Chairman of the Council of State, Vo Chi Cong (August 7, 1912-2022). Attending the event were Politburo members: President Nguyen Xuan Phuc; Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Vo Van Thuong, and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theory Council Nguyen Xuan Thang, among others. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Phan Viet Cuong said that the event was an opportunity to better understand Cong’s life, glorious career and great contributions to the nation’s revolutionary cause, thus helping today and future generations to study and follow his example in the cause of national building and safeguarding. Vo Chi Cong (1912 – 2011) once served as Politburo member, Permanent … [Read more...] about 110th birth anniversary of late Chairman of State Council Vo Chi Cong celebrated