Vietnam got two more medals on the second day of the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia, raising the country’s total medals to four but it still dropped to the 16th place in the medal tally as of 22:00 on August 20. 

Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang (R) won bronze in the men’s 800m freestyle event 

Weight lifter Thach Kim Tuan, a hope of gold medal for Vietnam, only bagged silver in the men’s 56kg event.

Meanwhile, swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang won bronze in the men’s 800m freestyle event.

As of 22:00 on August 20, Vietnamese athletes owned one silver and three bronze medals, ranking 16th in the medal list.

China continued leading the list with 15 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals, followed by Japan with 8 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals, and the Republic of Korea with 5 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze medals.

Weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan (L) won the first silver medal for Vietnam on August 20 Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang (R) won bronze in the men’s 800m freestyle event. Swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang Earlier on August 19, Le Thi Linh Chi and Tran Quoc Cuong (R) brought home a bronze medal in the 10-m Air Pistol Mixed Event Also on the day, Vietnamese taekwondo athletes Thien Phung, Tien Khoa, and Thanh Trung secured a bronze medal in the men’s team poomsae event - the first medal of the Vietnamese delegation (Source: thethao.thanhnien.vn)

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