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Challenges remain in rising journey

VietNamNet Bridge – The 28th Southeast Asian Games officially wrapped up after 11 official days of action in Singapore, concluding a successful Games in terms of both organisation and management work.

Billiards and snooker players prepare for SEA Games

 Billiards and snooker players prepare for SEA Games; VN aerobic athletes off to Japan; Struggling Gia Lai without key players for Hai Phong fixture; Viettel lead Group A at U19 football tournament

Top-seeded Vinh set for World Cup contest in Beijing

Two-time winner Hoang Xuan Vinh will head to Beijing this week to compete at the International Sport Shooting Federation World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in China.

Vietnam wins gold at Asian Junior Athletics Champs

 Young Vietnamese track and field star Nguyen Thi Oanh has taken first place in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase at the recent 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Taipei, China.

The new hopes of Vietnam’s track-and-field at 27th SEA Games

 VietNamNet Bridge – The SEA Games this year marks the transfer of forces of the track-and-field team of Vietnam with the appearance of a series of promising talents.

Athletics – the "gold mine" of Vietnam at 27th SEA Games

 VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam will send up to 43 track-and-field athletes to the upcoming SEA Games in Myanmar, aiming to obtain 10 to 12 gold medals from these sports.

Vietnam wins three gold medals in Malaysia Open Athletics

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Phuong and Quach Nguyen Thi Lan won two gold medals for Vietnam at the Malaysian Open Athletics Tournament, which closed in Kuala Lumpur on October 20.

Vietnam sport shaken by sexual harassment scandal

The sport circle has been shaken today when the information about a sexual harassment scandal involving runner Truong Thanh Hang, who is called “Queen of Athletics” and coach Nguyen Tuan Anh was revealed.

Two more gold medals for Vietnam’s athletics in Taiwan

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese team unexpectedly ranked third at the international athletics tournament in Taiwan, with a total of 6 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal.

Phuc hopes to walk tall at Russian athletics event

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc will be Viet Nam's sole representative at the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, this August.