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Ha Thanh named athlete of the year

After a successful 2011, gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has been voted athlete of the year.

SEAGames: Grandmother, 76, wins two silver medals

SEAGames: Grandmother, 76, wins two silver medals

A 76-year-old grandmother has bagged two silver medals at the Southeast Asian Games -- the oldest person to make the podium at this year's competition

Team hopes training plan pays off in gold

The 15-member national wushu team is aiming to win five or six gold medals in the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which kicked off yesterday in Indonesia.

Vietnam favourites to win SEA Games table tennis gold

The national table tennis team is set to win a gold medal in the men's double event at the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will kick off in Indonesia on Nov. 11.

VN favourites to win SEA Games gold

VN favourites to win SEA Games gold

The national table tennis team is set to win a gold medal in the men's double event at the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will kick off in Indonesia today.

Young team sets hopes high for SEA Games

Young team sets hopes high for SEA Games

The Viet Nam women's team have been drawn in Group B with the hosts Indonesia and the Philippines in the women's doubles sepak takraw (rattan ball kicking) event at the Southeast Asian Games.

Top sprinters set to shine in women's track event

Top sprinters set to shine in women's track event

Top sprinter Vu Thi Huong has efficiently recovered from recent injury to compete in the women's 100 and 200m at the Southeast Asian Games next week.

Viet Nam draw with 10-man Myanmar in goalless match

Viet Nam draw with 10-man Myanmar in goalless match

Myanmar's 10-man team successfully tied title candidate Viet Nam 0-0 in the 26th Southeast Asian Games' second group B match on Saturday at the Jakarta's Lebak Bulus Stadium, Indonesia.

Viet Nam drawn in tough group for SEA Games basketball

The national basketball team will compete at the 26th Southeast Asian Games as part of Group A alongside defending champions the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia.

Young Vietnamese team set to shine during SEA Games

Young Vietnamese team set to shine during SEA Games

Key volleyball players Ngo Van Kieu and Nguyen Huu Ha will be the major power in the men's volleyball team to compete in the Southeast Asian Games next week, said coach Nguyen Van Hung.

From Environment

Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of