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  Việt Nam won in the match with Cambodia, booking itself a spot in Tuesday's final against Indonesia.—VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam's U22s cruised into the final of the men's football at the Southeast Asian Games on Saturday after crushing Cambodia 4-0 at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila, the Philippines. The comfortable win booked Việt Nam's spot in Tuesday's final against Indonesia, who earlier in the day defeated Myanmar 4-2 after extra time. Coach Park Hang-seo made two changes from the team that started the 2-2 group stage draw with Thailand on Thursday, with Hà Đức Chinh Chinh and Nguyễn Đức Chiến coming into the team. Việt Nam took some time to settle into the game against their underdog opponents, but managed to open the scoring 19 minutes in. After a good run from Chinh down the right, he crossed and Linh rose to head home powerfully. Six minutes … [Read more...] about Việt Nam cruise into SEA Games men’s football final

Swimmer Anh Vien bags two more gold medals for Vietnam on December 7 (Source: VNA)   Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam secured an additional eight gold, seven silver and ten bronze medals on December 7 – the seventh competition day of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines, retaining its third place on the medal tally. Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won both the women's 400m freestyle and 100m backstroke events, defending her titles comfortably. The 23-year-old clocked 4min 13.20sec in the 400m freestyle. Gan Ching Hwee of Singapore and Natthanan Junkrajang from Thailand were second and third, respectively. In the latter race, Vien finished with a time of 1:02.97. Chloe Kennedy Anne Isleta and Jasmine Alkhaldi, both of the hosts, were the runners-up. Vien who is expected to win eight titles in this Games will take part in the 400m individual medley. She is the defending champion. Meanwhile, taekwondo martial artists took two golds in … [Read more...] about Vietnam retains third place on SEA Games 30 medal tally

Vietnam crushed Cambodia 4-0 in the semifinals of men’s football at the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Sunday to reach the final again after ten years. The young Golden Dragons encountered the Angkor Warriors without the service of playmaker Nguyen Quang Hai, owing to a thigh injury he had sustained in Vietnam’s 1-0 victory over Singapore in the group stage on December 3. Cambodia were off to a confident start, firing the first shot over the bar six minutes into the game. Sin Kakada tried his luck again in the eighth minute, sending the ball over the goal one more time. Park Hang Seo’s men were calm enough to neutralize most of the early attacks from their Cambodian opponents. Four minutes after Cambodia’s Mao Piseth was shown a yellow card over a dangerous tackle against Nguyen Trong Hoang, forward Ha Duc Chinh sent a high ball from the right flank to Nguyen Tien Linh in the box. Linh headed in neatly to put Vietnam in the lead on 20 minutes. The same … [Read more...] about Vietnam whip Cambodia to take on Indonesia in SEA Games men’s football finale

Striker Duc Chinh scores a hattrick in the match against Cambodia to help Vietnam advance to the final (Source:VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam advanced to the final of the men’s football at the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines, after beating Cambodian rivals 4-0 in the semi-final match on December 7. Starting the match, Vietnam’s head coach Park Hang-seo surprised many by fielding two forwards, Tien Linh and Duc Chinh, for the first time since the start of the Games. On the other side, Cambodia’s head coach Flex Damas proved that the team did not enter the semi-final match with sheer luck as the players started it with successive attacks that caused quite a few difficulties to Vietnam. However, it was Vietnam to open the score with a header by Linh after a perfect pass from Chinh at the 20th minute. This forced the Cambodian team to launch more attacks in search for an equalizer, but also created chances for Chinh to score … [Read more...] about SEA Games 30: Vietnam advance to football final

Vietnamese athlete Truong Thi Phuong The victory represents the second gold medal for Truong Thi Phuong at SEA Games 30. Earlier on December 6, she also won a gold medal in the women's 500m event on December 6. In addition to Truong Thi Phuong's victory, Dinh Thi Hao and Thanh Huyen secured a silver medal in the women's lightweight double sculls while Le Mau Truong and Phan Manh Linh did enough to bag a bronze medal in the men's doubles sculls event. Elsewhere, Nguyen Anh Tu and Doan Ba Tuan Anh have made it through to the finals of the men's table tennis double event following their win over their Malaysian rivals with a score of 3-1. … [Read more...] about Phuong clinches second gold medal in canoeing event